School: Star of the Sea Convent, Tramore (roll number 12334)
- Location:
- Tramore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Consiglio
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 100
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- (continued from previous page)Dunhill
Dun, a noun, signifies a citadel or fortified residence. This word was anciently and is still, frequently applied to the forts. Dunhill in Waterford is called in Grace's Annals, Donnoil, which very well represents the Irish Dun-Aille, the fortress of the cliff. It is understood to have taken its name from a rock on which a castle now stands, but a dun evidently preceded the castle and was really the origin of the name.Glenmore
The word gleann has exactly the same signification as the English word 'glen'. Though they are nearly identical in form it does not appear that one derives from the other. The two words Glen or Glan form or begin the names of more than 600 places, all of them, with an occasional exception, purely Irish. Glenmore in Waterford means Big-glen or valley.Kilbarry
The Irish words Cill, eaglais, teampull, domhnach - all originally Latin - signify a(continues on next page)
