Word origins

• McCartA surname from Irish.
• KilduffA surname from Irish.
• McCarneyA surname from Irish.
• McInturffA surname.
• McQuinnA surname from Irish.
• HernonA surname from Irish.
• McCullenA surname from Irish.
• RathlinRathlin Island
• GalballyA village in County Limerick, Munster, Ireland.
• ToweyA surname from Irish.
• HeslinA surname from Irish.
• merrigana dog or dingo
• HeaphyA surname.
• McTigueA surname from Irish.
• McKeehanA surname from Irish.
• McCoshA surname.
• FenlonA surname from Irish.
• CarrigA surname from Irish.
• McGroartyA surname.
• CraneyA surname from Irish.
• GarriganA surname from Irish.
• McSheaA surname from Irish.
• brehonA judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
• DonagheyA village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
• NeenanA surname from Irish.
• BriodyA surname from Irish.
• McGladeA surname from Irish.
• McAloonA surname from Irish.
• CloonanA surname from Irish.
• McAninchA surname from Irish.
• McGeehanA surname from Irish.
• SkehanA surname from Irish.
• ShortellA surname from Irish.
• FahertyA surname from Irish.
• LoughreyA surname from Irish.
• McGeadyA surname from Irish.
• GilboyA surname from Irish.
• McElveenA surname from Irish.
• FilanA surname.
• McCorryA surname from Irish.
• McNelisA surname from Irish.
• McCloryA surname.
• GreenanA surname from Irish.
• McBreenA surname from Irish.
• KilmallockA small town in County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 6127).
• wirraExclamation of dismay.
• SeeryA surname from Irish.
• McCarvilleA surname from Irish.
• McGettiganA surname from Irish.
• KeaveneyA surname from Irish.
• McMonagleA surname.
• CreevyA surname from Irish.
• DrohanA surname from Irish.
• McBreartyA surname from Irish.
• McGarityA surname from Irish.
• McQuaigA surname from Irish.
• McGourtyA surname from Irish.
• KanturkA town in north-west County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3803)
• CraughwellA small town in Connacht, County Galway, Ireland.
• GilhoolyA surname from Irish.
• McCaryA surname from Irish.
• CrehanA surname from Irish.
• goganSaurauia napaulensis, a type of flowering plant found in the Himalayas
• CullitonA surname from Irish.
• GlackinA surname from Irish.
• McConaghyA surname from Irish.
• BanagherA town in western County Offaly, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 0015).
• McJunkinA surname from Irish.
• McEldowneyA surname from Irish.
• ClaffeyA surname from Irish.
• LughnasadhA Gaelic/Celtic holiday celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox, during the time of the harvesting.
• bullaunA natural depression in a stone, often filled with water and sometimes pebbles.
• MulqueenA surname from Irish.
• McCraneyA surname from Irish.
• BallybofeyA town in County Donegal, Ireland.
• ScallanA surname from Irish.
• McGranahanA surname from Irish.
• VaheyA surname from Irish.
• GaviganA surname from Irish.
• KigginsA surname from Irish.
• ShinnickA surname from Irish.
• aeroboardExpanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in insulation.
• ArdnacrushaA village and hydroelectric power station in County Clare, Ireland.
• AttractaA female given name from Irish
• avourneendarling, sweetheart
• BaldoyleA coastal suburb of Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O2440).
• ballybetaghA division of land in Ireland equal to 480 Irish acres (approximately 315 hectares or 778 statute acres) of arable land.
• BebhionnA goddess of birth in Irish mythology.
• BlarisA civil parish of County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland.
• bocketyunsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over)
• bockycrooked
• bonnyclabberSour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.
• boolyA company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
• bostoonA foolish person.
• BrontëAn extinct surname from Irish, borne by a 19th-century literary family.
• BrucklessA village east of Killybegs in south-west County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref G 7476).
• CahalaneA surname from Irish.
• Cape Clear IslandAn island off the south coast of County Cork, the southernmost inhabited island in Ireland.
• CarraherA surname from Irish.
• catboatA sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.