Ardra: Árd  Ráth (high fort).

Ballincolla: Bail an Chala (place of the ferry).  The ferry used to run from this place to the Glandore side.

Bawnlaban: Badún Leathan (broad enclosure).  The O’Donovans used to live here.

Cooldurragha: Cúil Dorcha (dark nook).

Maulycorrane: Dr John O’Donovan says it is Meal Uí Chorráin (O’Curran’s Hill).

Reen: Rinn (headland).

Raheen: Raithin (little fort).  Here is the ruined castle of O’Donovans built by Donnell O’Donovan, chieftain of Clanchill, (1584-1639).

Ballinatona: Baile na Tóna (place of the bottom).

Skahanagh: Sceachánach (place of the white thorn).

Listarkin: Lios Torcáin (place of the little wild boar).  In this townland is the ruin of Castle Eyre.

Cahergal: Caithir Gheal (white stone fort).

Cappagh: Ceapach (a plot of land laid out for tillage; a decayed wood; a hamlet occupied by relatives).

Clontaff: Cluain a Chatha (meadow of the battle).  The village of Union Hall is partly in Clontaff, partly in Listarkin, partly in Keelbeg and partly in Ballincolla.  Its old name is Bréan Trágh (rotten strand).

Carrigillihy: Probably Carraig Oillighthe (hidden rock).

Cooscroneen: Cuas Crónín (Cronin’s Cave).

Ardagh: Árdach (height).

Brade: Sometimes written ‘Bra’ in old grants.  We find a mountain in Scotland called Bráid Alban; we find in Ireland Braid, Co Antrim, prominately connected with St Patrick.  The root word is Brágha (brághad), the throat or neck applied to a gorge or pass.

 

The big bridge crossing from the southern end of Myross Wood to the Glandore side is called Poll Gorm (Blue Hole) Bridge.  It was formerly called Droichead a Chláir (the Plank Bridge).

 The above information was kindly written by James Burke B.L. for Echoes of the Past, Perspectives of Union Hall/Myross through the years.  A beautiful account of the place names of Myross can be found here.