Irish · Gaeilge

Cill Airne

/cɪlʲ ˈaːɾˠnʲə/

Anglicised as Killarney

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

“church of sloes” — a church among the blackthorn trees.

Broken down

Cill

cill

↓

church, cell

From Latin cella; gives the anglicised “Kil-” of hundreds of towns.

Airne

airne (gen.)

↓

of sloes

Sloes — the fruit of the blackthorn.

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