Ireland placenames that might make you snigger

Started by Orior, May 15, 2020, 12:26:52 AM

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rosnarun

Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on May 15, 2020, 10:20:17 AM
Borris n Ossory and Horse and jockey always raise a smile when travelling past.
and don't forget nearby old Twopothouse or indeed new Twopothouse
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well. Moliere

dublin7


Orior

Tanderagee (old spelling) in county Armagh is the anglicised version of arse to the wind.
Cover me in chocolate and feed me to the lesbians

Lar Naparka

#18
There is Crucksbullagadawn in Mayo and Corragunnagalliaghdoo Island, and one in Galway that always fascinated me, Muckanaghederdauhaulia on the coastal road between Galway and Roundstone.
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

Lar Naparka

While I am t it, I am surprised that none of our Northern posters have mentioned Ballyhackmore or what it means. In Mao we have assloads of weird places, too numerous to mention but apart from the ones above, one stands out for me: Pollawaddy.
(Irish: Poll a' mhadaigh = the dog's hole.)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

north_antrim_hound

When someone asked my dad years ago
Where are ya going
"I'm going to kilraughts (pronounced  kill Rats ) in the morning and then I'm going to kilmore in the evening "

Another strange name and very misleading

Hoar rock In skerries
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets

seafoid

Quote from: Orior on May 15, 2020, 12:05:15 PM
Tanderagee (old spelling) in county Armagh is the anglicised version of arse to the wind.
zÞóon le gaoth is a mountain in Wicklow
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

Gold

Quote from: BennyCake on May 15, 2020, 09:36:11 AM
Quote from: GetOverTheBar on May 15, 2020, 09:34:11 AM
Princes Street (Various)
Prince Andrew Drive (Various)
Jubilee Way (Various)
Victory Street (Various)
Empire Avenue (Various)

I bet they're all in Lisburn.

Orange Hall Lane, Lisburn

Horse and Jockey, Tipperary
"Cheeky Charlie McKenna..."

trailer

Always fascinated with mile towns such as

Threemilehouse in Monaghan
Fivemiletown - Tyrone (No GAA team FYI)
Isn't there a Fivemilebridge somewhere? Waterford?
Sixmilebridge - Clare?
Sixmilecross - Tryone (No GAA team FYI)

Is there a Sixmiletown?
Is there a Fivemilecross?

Why are they called such? Six miles and a bridge from where?

BennyCake

Maybe the townland was six miles in length.

trailer



johnnycool

Quote from: omaghjoe on May 15, 2020, 02:43:17 PM
Quote from: Orior on May 15, 2020, 12:30:28 AM
Sawel Mountain is another favourite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawel_Mountain



Alright....what am I missing?

It's ok, many men have the same issue  ;D

"Sawel Mountain (from Irish: Samhail Phite Méabha, meaning "likeness to Méabh's vulva"


MoChara

Quote from: trailer on May 15, 2020, 01:41:01 PM
Always fascinated with mile towns such as

Threemilehouse in Monaghan
Fivemiletown - Tyrone (No GAA team FYI)
Isn't there a Fivemilebridge somewhere? Waterford?
Sixmilebridge - Clare?
Sixmilecross - Tryone (No GAA team FYI)

Is there a Sixmiletown?
Is there a Fivemilecross?

Why are they called such? Six miles and a bridge from where?


I seem incapable of saying Fivemiletown in my head without going

"Augher, Clougher , Fivemiletown, we all play the lambeg Drum"

GetOverTheBar

Quote from: mouview on May 15, 2020, 11:18:45 AM
Feakle  - the way it's pronounced.
When I first heard of Edendork, I thought it must be some kind of paradise for nerds.

It's more a road between Dungannon and Coalisland with a football pitch. Not even as much as a shop.