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Cailleach of the Hags Glen

Anyone who has climbed Carrauntoohil will be familiar with Com Chaillí, Coomcallee or the Hags Glen. And the two sets of Hags Teeth, Fiacla Chaillí. There are various stories about…

Reeks Placenames 6: Cnoc Sliogach & Cnoc na dTarbh

The 1930s Schools Collection of folklore contains some interesting information on the Reeks and Killarney area. In particular, the records for Gortboy school on the way up to what people…

Reeks Placenames Query 5: Cruach Mhór & Cruach Bheag

Reeks Placenames Query 5: Cruach Mhór & Cruach Bheag The name Cruach Mhór (big stack/peak) first appeared on maps abt 1978, located on the peak 932m where you’ll find the…

Reeks Placenames Query 4: Big Gun

Highlighting another wee query relating to Breandán Ó Cíobháin’s placename research for the Reeks area, undertaken about fifty years ago. The Big Gun is a name that has appeared on…

Reeks Placenames Query 3: Knocknapeasta

Reeks Placenames Query 3 Highlighting another wee query relating to Breandán Ó Cíobháin’s placename research for the Reeks area, undertaken about fifty years ago. The highest point on the Eastern…

Reeks Placenames Query 2: Cnoc na Toinne

Highlighting another wee query relating to Breandán Ó Cíobháin’s placename research for the Reeks area, undertaken about fifty years ago. Turn left or east at the Top of the Ladder…

Reeks Placenames Query 1: An Barr Caol

As per previous post, I’ve been reading carefully though Breandán Ó Cíobháin’s placename research for the Reeks area, undertaken about fifty years ago. A number of the names he lists…

Placenames in the Reeks

In terms of hill names, the historical record of mountain names in the Reeks is patchy. The Ordnance Survey Six Inch maps of the 1840s and the subsequent derived One…

Heritage Week Placenames

For Heritage Week that’s in it, I’d like to highlight the work of Breandán Ó Cíobháin who over a period of a dozen years documented many placenames of Iveragh in…

Local Placenames in the Comeraghs

Users of EastWest Mapping maps often ask where we find the local placenames shown on same. The answer is never straightforward as there can be multiple sources with different versions…