2023-09-30
Placename of the day
Creag na hEorna/Craiginorne
townland
countyAontroim/Antrim
baronyGleann Arma Uachtarach/Glenarm Upper
civil parishCill Uachtair/Kilwaughter
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Featured placename
Cnoc an Fhómhair/Knockanore Mountain
hill or hills
The Irish for October is Deireadh Fómhair “(the) end of harvest (time)”, and it is therefore interesting to note that fómhar “harvest (time)” is not particularly common in Irish placenames, but it is found in the precursor to Knockanore Mountain, namely Cnoc an Fhómhair “the hill of the harvest”, the name of a hill in Kerry.