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Day 10

The pride of passing on personal knowledge of Rathlin to the younger generation!

Building the townland jigsaw and bridging the generations.

Rathlin united!

Do you know where that is?

Passing it on!

Is this where you live?

X marks the spot!

Day 11

Rathlin defined!

KEEBLE – AN CAIBEAL
the chapel
Caibeal, “chapel”, “family burial ground” Dwelly

KINRAMER NORTH – CEANN RAMHAR THUAIDH
An Ceann Reamhar
the thick end

KINRAMER SOUTH –CEANN RAMHAR THEAS

CLEGGAN – AN CHLOIGEANN
the skull

BALLYGILL MIDDLE - BAILE GHAILL LÁIR
Baile Ghoill
the town of the foreigner

BALLYGILL NORTH – BAILE GHAILL THUAIDH

BALLYGILL SOUTH - BAILE GHAILL THEAS

KNOCKANS - AN CNOCÁN
An Cnocan – the hillock

KILPATRICK – CILL PHADRAIG
the church of ( Saint ) Patrick

BALLYNAGARD – BAILE NA gCEARD
the town of the tradesmen

BALLYCONAGAN – BAILE COINNEAGAIN
“A small farm village at the north base of a rocky hill named from the townland in which it is situated”
town of Coinneagain

MULINDRESS - MAOIL NA nDREAS
Mullindress
“A small farm village at the south base of a low rocky hill. It is named from the townland.”
the hill of brambles

CHURCH QUARTER

BALLYCARRY – BAILE CARRAIGH
Baile Carraigh
the town of (the) rough ground

BALLYNOE - AN BAILE NUA
the new town

GLEBE

DEMESNE

CRAIGMACAGAN –CREAG MHIC AGÁIN
the rock of Mac Agáin

KINKEEL – AN CEANN CAOL
the narrow end

CARRAVINDOON – CEATHRAMH AN DÚIN
the quarter of the fort

No trace of the fort remains, but see Bé an Dúin and Pointe an Dúin

CARRAVINALLY – AN EALAIDH or CEATHRAMH NA hEALADH
The meaning of this place-name is uncertain. The longer form is seldom used.

ROONIVOOLIN – RUBHA NA bhFAOILEANN
the point of the seagulls

AIMN, Bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society, Volume 4, 1998-90

Tell me a Rathlin story!

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