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Irish place-name element
áth
áth means “ford”
Place names with áth
- Baile Átha Cliath · Dublin · County Dublin“town of the hurdled ford”
- Droichead Átha · Drogheda · County Louth“bridge of the ford”
- Baile Átha Luain · Athlone · County Westmeath / County Roscommon“town of Luan’s ford”; Luan is a personal name
- Áth Dara · Adare · County Limerick“ford of the oak”
- Baile Átha Í · Athy · County Kildare“town of the ford of Ae”, a chieftain said to have been killed at the crossing; Í may instead mean “yew tree”
Other Irish elements
ard · heightbaile · town, settlementbeag · small, littlebéal · mouthbealach · way, passbearna · gapcaiseal · stone fortcarn · cairncarraig · rockceann · head, headlandceapach · plot of landcill · churchcluain · meadowcnoc · hillcúige · provincecúil · corner, nookdaingean · fortressdoire · oak grovedroichead · bridgedún · fortgaoth · inlet of the sea, estuarygleann · glen, valleyinis · islandleitir · hillsidelios · ringfortloch · lakelog · hollowlongfort · camp, strongholdmainistir · monastery, abbeymuileann · millnua · newport · landing place, harbour; bank; fortified place, strongholdráth · ringfortrinn · point, headlandros · wood; headlandsean · oldtír · landtrá · strand, beach
Sources
- Wiktionary: áth (Irish) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): áth
- blas course vocabulary (ir-ath)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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