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IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED

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VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U

VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS

Taebh [tave], the side, a hill-side; teeve, teev.

Taimhleacht [tavlaght], a plague-grave, a place where those who died of a plague were interred; tallaght, tamlaght, tamlat, tawlaght, towlaght, toulett, howlaght, hawlagh, hamlat, hamlet.

Tamhnach [tawnagh], a green field; tawnagh, tawny, tonagh, tamnagh, tamny.

Tarbh [tarriv], a bull; tarriv, terriff, tarriff, tarf, tarry, herriff, harriff.

Tate, tath; a measure of land; tat, tate.

Teach [tagh], a house; tagh, ta, tee, ti, ty; and by corruption, sta, sti, sty.

Teamhair [tawer], an elevated spot commanding an extensive view; tara, touragh, tower, taur.

Teampull [tampul], a church; temple.

Teine [tinna], fire; tinny, tenny.

Teotan [totaun], a hurning or conflagration; totaun.

Tobar, tipra (gen. tioprad), a well; tober, tubber, tipper, tubbrid, tibret.

Tochar [togher], a causeway over a bog or marsh; togher.

Tor, a tower, a tower-like rock; tor.

Torc [turk], a boar; turk, tore, hirk, nadurk.

Traigh [tra], a strand; tra, traw, tray.

Trian [treen], a third part; treen, trean, trien.

Triucha [truha], a cantred or district; trough, true.

Tromm, the elder or boor-tree; trim, trom, trum.

Tuaim [toom], a tumulus or burial mound; toome, tom, toom, tum.

Tuar [toor], a bleach green, any green field where things were put to bleach or dry; toor, tore, tour.

Tulach [tulla], a little hill; tulla, tullow, tullagh, tully, tul.

Turlach [toorlagh], a lake that dries up in summer; turlough, turly.

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