Minor Placenames/Mion Logaimneacha

Across the landscape and along the road are names that do not appear on maps, but which live on in everyday speech and in local knowledge and memory. They mark features such as rises in the road, streams, stones, and other features of the landscape. These points once guided people travelling on foot or by horse and cart. The Irish language plays an important role in preserving their meaning, reflecting how the landscape has been understood and experienced over time.

Tá mion logainmneacha ar fud an cheantair nach bhfuil le fáil ar léarscáileanna, ach a mhaireann i gcaint laethúil, i gcuimhne agus in eolas áitiúil. Léiríonn siad gnéithe den tírdhreach ar nós arduithe sa bhóthar, srutháin, clocha agus gnéithe eile den tírdhreach. Ba iad seo na pointí a threoraigh daoine agus iad ag siúl nó a taisteal le charr asal nó capall . Tá ról tábhachtach ag an nGaeilge i gcaomhnú a mhiniú, ag léiriú an tslí ar tuiscint ag bhí againn ar an tírdhreach le himeacht ama.