Quiz – Childishly Rude Irish Placenames
October 5, 2007 at 12:01 am 3 comments
A lot of Irish placenames are Anglicised versions of Gaelic names. Do you know what placenames came from the Gaelic words for:
- Town of Excrement, County Wexford
- Town of the Dungstand, County Down
- Hillside of the Breast, County Fermanagh
- The Buttock, Counties Donegal, Galway and Mayo
- The Fat Buttock, County Kerry
- Backside to the Wind, Counties Armagh and Mayo
- Buttock Island, County Kerry
- The Two Breasts, County Kerry
- Bottom, County Monaghan
- Black Bottom, County Donegal
Placenames like breast and buttock typically refer to the shape of hills. Answers just a click away: >>>
Answers:
- Town of Excrement, County Wexford – Ballyhack (Baile Chac)
- Town of the Dungstand, County Down – Ballyhackamore (Baile Hacamar)
- Hillside of the Breast, County Fermanagh – Letterbreen (Leitir Bhruin)
- The Buttock, Counties Donegal, Galway and Mayo – Mace or Maas (Más)
- The Fat Buttock, County Kerry – Mausrower (Más Ramhar)
- Backside to the Wind, County Armagh – Tanderagee (Tóin Re Gaoith)
Backside to the Wind, County Mayo – Tonragee (Tóin Re Gaoith) - Buttock Island, County Kerry – Tearacht Island (Oileán Tiaracht)
- The Two Breasts, County Kerry – The Paps (An Dá Chích)
- Bottom, County Monaghan – Ton (Tóin)
- Black Bottom, County Donegal – Tonduff (Tóin Dubh)
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1. Irving | October 6, 2007 at 3:18 am
Male humor no doubt lol, although a buttock is close to a hillock and could mean the same thing and has the same shape.
2. Checkerboard Cowboy | October 7, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Not as “lol out loud” as I’d hoped, but I did twitter like a schoolgirl at “Backside to the wind” 🙂
3. aoife | July 13, 2008 at 2:52 pm
you forgot termonfeckin!
how could you?!
disgraceful
tut tut