Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1994. — 271 pp.
This is the most complete guide to Irish placenames published in modern times. It explains the origin and derivation of the names of over 3,000 cities, towns, villages and physical features.
The book is in two parts. The first is a list of root or stem words which form the basis of the most common Irish place-names. The second, related to this list, is an exhaustive gazetteer of all 3,000 locations with accompanying explanations.
The late Deirdre Flanagan was editor of the
Bulletin of the Ulster Place-name Society and one of Ireland's leading authorities on place-names. She was senior lecturer in Celtic at Queen's University Belfast at the time of her death.
Laurence Flanagan is a former Keeper of Antiquities at the Ulster Museum. Among his books are
Irelands Armada Legacy;
A Dictionary of Irish Archaeology; and
Favourite Irish Names for Children.
Foreword.
List of Maps.
Dictionary.
List of Names and Index [Gazetteer].
Bibliography of the Published Works of Deirdre Flanagan.
For Further Reading.
Sources.