BSW1 East Range

Episode 10,   Oct 21, 2021, 02:37 PM

From The Bluestack Way Audio Guide, Part One: https://www.racontour.com/Bluestack/

Speaker: Moya Reid
From the Bluestack Way - Part 1 playlist.

The 147 stacks of the range are numbered from left to right and we shall be telling you about their names with the original Irish spelling and the meaning of the word. A special thanks goes to the Renaissance Man that is Seoirse O'Dochartaigh who compiled this information in the booklet 'The Mountains, Loughs, Rivers and Place-names around Donegal Town'.
 
The final 51 stacks are to the right of Barnesmore Gap, which as you'll soon see, is a somewhat superfluous title as it translates into the the big gap gap. The stacks in this range cross over into County Tyrone.
 
We are delighted to have native Irish speaker, Moya Reid (originally from Kilcar) recite the names of all of the stacks in Irish. In the following audio piece, she can be heard reciting the Irish of all the stacks named and listed below.
 
97 Meenalughoge Hill - Cnoc Mhín na Luchóg gan ainm, The Hill of the Smooth Place of the Mice
98 Croaghonagh (district) - Cruach Eoghanach, The Stack of the Tribe of Eoghan
99 nameless
100 Croaghnagawna - Cruach na nGamhna, The Stack of the Calves
101 Croaghonagh (mountain) - Cruach Eoghanach, The Stack of the Tribe of Eoghan
102 Barnesmore - An Bearnas Mór, The Big Gap
103 nameless
104 nameless
105 Cross Hill - Cruach na Croise
106 nameless
107 Cnoc na Carraige Duibhe - Carrickaduff Hill
108 nameless
109 nameless
110 nameless
111 Croaghakeadew - Cruach an Chéide, The Hill of the Black Rock
112 nameless
113 nameless
114 nameless
115 nameless
116 nameless
117 Croaghmeen - Cruach Mín, Smooth Stack
118 Croaghloughslug - Cruach Loch Slog, The Stack of the Lake of the Disappearing Water
119 nameless
120 Meenabrock - Mín na mBroc, The Smooth Place of the Badgers
121 nameless
122 Clogher Hill - Cruach an Chlochair, The Stack of the Stoney Place
123 Croaghmeen - Cruach Mín, Smooth Stack
124 nameless
125 nameless
126 Croaghnakern - Cruach na gCarn (or ...na gCeithearn), The Stack of the Cairns (or of the Kerns or Outlaws)
127 Croaghnameal - Cruach na Míol, The Stack of the Insects (Midges?)
128 nameless
129 Meenadreen - Mín an Draighin, The Smooth Place of the Blackthorn
130 Meenadreen - Mín an Draighin, The Smooth Place of the Blackthorn
131 nameless
132 nameless
133 Ballykillowen Hill - Cnoc Bhaile Chill Eoghain, The Hill of the Homestead of the Church of Owen
134 Finmore Hill - Cnoc Fionn Mór, The Big White Hill
135 nameless
136 nameless
137 Polldoo Hill - Cnoc an Phoill Dhuibh, The Hill of the Black Hole
138 Meennameal Hill - Cnoc Mhín na Míol, The Hill of the smooth Place of the Insects (Midges)
139 nameless
140 Blabreenagh - Blátha Braonacha, Dripping Wet Flowers
141 Binna Hill - Cnoc na mBeann The Hill of the Peaks
142 Croaghgarrow - Cruach Garbh, Rough Stack
143 Croaghbrack - Cruach Breac, Speckled Stack
144 Tievetooey - Taobh Tuaithe, Side of the Kingdom
145 Crockmore - An Cnoc Mór, The Big Hill
146 Ardmore Hill - An tArd Mór, The Big Height
147 Oughtadreen - Ucht an Draighin, The Hill Breast of the Blackthorn