Strange Irish Place Names

Rashers

Or how about...

Fox Hole.

Gaskin's Leap.

Highroom Bed.

Hippy Hole.

Piper's Gut.

Puck's Rock.

Sheep Hole.

They're all in Howth.

Don't believe me? HERE ya go.

m@cc@

My personal favourites: Muff, Co.Donegal (obviously) and Hackballscross, Co.Monaghan

Any others?

Jesus Wept

Cum, Mayo

Bastardstown, Wexford

kraggy

Oldtwopothouse and Newtwopothouse, County Cork.

m@cc@

The-Rigger wrote: »

Cum, Mayo

Bastardstown, Wexford

I thought they had to be made up. Hats off to you!

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

Navan the only town that sounds the same forwards or backwards:D.

Fluddles

mendusa wrote: »

Navan the only town that sounds the same forwards or backwards:D.

I'm from Navan but Bastardstown is my new favourite. I can't believe it's a real place!

Xavi6

Terminfeckin. Always got sent there when playing Discovering Ireland.

HydeRoad

Milltownpass, Tyrellspass, Donotpass...

Hidden Dip...

getz

jeopardy--not sure where it is,but i believe there are a lot of jobs there

Hank_Jones

Curry, Sligo.

Tubbercurry, Sligo.

getz

try saying this one,MUCKANAGHEDERAUHAULIA, in county galway

El Siglo

getz wrote: »

try saying this one,MUCKANAGHEDERAUHAULIA, in county galway

Sorry, don't speak gobbledygook.:D

m@cc@

getz wrote: »

try saying this one,MUCKANAGHEDERAUHAULIA, in county galway

I think you'll find it's : Muckanaghederdauhaulia :rolleyes:

OutlawPete

I love the sound of Blessington eversince I was young.

Sounds lovely and parts are

I also like Bayside and Rooskey.

neil_hosey

gaybrook




not a homophobe

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Darndale or Poppintree...

...they kinda have a mystical posh sound to them. Full of wealthy aristocrates id say.

brummytom

Horse and Jockey, County Tipperary

Sallys Gap, County Wicklow

Cock Hill, County Meath.

Zell

Ballyjamesduff always starts me off singing Come back Paddy Reilly...
But my favourite has to be Kincasslagh!

cruiserweight

Killmacow, Co Kilkenny

Knocktopher, Co Kilkenny

edvedfan

Tournagee, Co. Roscommon

Shivers26

Passifyoucan ....I think its out near Dublin Airport. My dad told me this and he would never lie to me

Hospital, Co Limerick........ Its just a bit silly really

getz

m@cc@ wrote: »

I think you'll find it's : Muckanaghederdauhaulia :rolleyes:

sorry even the website i took it off couldent spell it,mind you when i have had a couple and i am trying to say manchester it sounds like that

AssaultedPeanut

Shivers26 wrote: »

Hospital, Co Limerick........ Its just a bit silly really

I know, when I worked in directory enquiries it was always a confusing one.

"Can I've the number for Londis in Hospital"
"ehhh sure, what hospital?"
"No it's in Hospital, in Limerick"
"Is that the main Limerick Hospital"
"No it's a place in Limerick:mad:"
"...........Wha'?"
etc

I just couldn't believe it was a place

Also Castlefreke in Cork (pronounced Castlefreak)

Pighead

Pighead's favourite place name in Ireland is a beautiful little townland in Co. Louth called Mullacrew or Mullach Na Craoibhe. It means "Hill of the Trees". But here's the thing: There is a hill but there are absolutely no trees.

That's why it's Pighead's favourite place name. It has thought him that this world may be beautiful but it's full of lies.

Hank_Jones

Muff, Co.Donegal.

Ms. Captain M

Maine, Coole, Co. Westmeath

fricatus

Oola, Caherconlish, Caherdavin

For some reason they do lovely placenames in Limerick!

getz

dipsey,co cork - effin,limerick-nubber,donegal

rain on

Newtwopothouse

and

SCHULL

homerjay2005

Muff Crescent,
Nobber,
Co Meath.


says it all really.

DOC09UNAM

dementedsoul wrote: »

I know, when I worked in directory enquiries it was always a confusing one.

"Can I've the number for Londis in Hospital"
"ehhh sure, what hospital?"
"No it's in Hospital, in Limerick"
"Is that the main Limerick Hospital"
"No it's a place in Limerick:mad:"
"...........Wha'?"
etc

I just couldn't believe it was a place

Also Castlefreke in Cork (pronounced Castlefreak)

Hospital isn't too far away from meanus.

Micilin Muc

m@cc@ wrote: »

I think you'll find it's : Muckanaghederdauhaulia :rolleyes:

I think you'll find it's Muiceanach Idir Dhá Sháile

dan719

Meanus Co Limerick.

Repolho

Lilliput, Co Westmeath
Crinkle, Co Offaly

Osgoodisgood

Bog of the Ring

Colon

Ringsend

Did someone have some kind of anal fixation many years ago?

Orlaithc9

Granny - Just outside Waterford

homerjay2005

dan719 wrote: »

Meanus Co Limerick.

yes of course, forgot about that, played a game there one day....great name. surprised this place aint more famous....though its pronounced mann-us as in the irish pronunciation.

Capt'n Midnight

Killorglan - just for the way it sounds when you say it.

littletiger

Ballinaboola
Wexford

Schull
Cork

smallerthanyou

brummytom wrote: »

Sallys Gap, County Wicklow

It's called the Sally Gap, which isn't near as much fun.

DOC09UNAM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

yes of course, forgot about that, played a game there one day....great name. surprised this place aint more famous....though its pronounced mann-us as in the irish pronunciation.

No its not, lol, pronounced mee-ann-us.

Col200sx

Thonabruckie in Galway City, out Barna direction.........

I believe when translated to English it means "Badgers Arse":D

Wossack

similar vein, river Suck (an tSuca)

from its wiki page;
"Ballinasloe is the largest town located on the Suck."

Johnny Utah

Londonderry

MassDeb8r

CastleCOMEr Co. Kilkenny

tee hee

neil_hosey

dublin has som weird names that you become so accustomed to you dont even realise how weird it is..

dolphins barn
stoneybatter
etc..




That one in cavan, shercock, is also funny, or kilcock in kildare, longwood in meath.. obsessed with ze cock...

m@cc@

neil_hosey wrote: »

That one in cavan, shercock, is also funny, or kilcock in kildare, longwood in meath.. obsessed with ze cock...

Can anyone confirm if Cocktown, Wexford actually exists?

Captain Havoc

Lousybush, Coole, Mooncoin, Windgap, Woodsgift, Spahill all Co. Kilkenny

livinsane

I always Sneem in Kerry. It sounds sneaky.

Annascaul in Kerry.

Sheep's Head in Bantry.

Ardnacrusha in Limerick

Oola in Limerick.