Download or read book Place-names of Northern Ireland written by A. J. Hughes and published by Inst of Irish Studies. This book was released on 1992 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Place-Names of Northern Ireland provides a revealing window on the land and its people. Many early Irish names for settlements, districts, hills, and rivers are still used today and most townland names are of Irish origin. This major new series on the place-names of Northern Ireland concentrates on townland names, dealt with in their traditional civil parish units. Parishes covered in this volume include Ardkeen, Ardquin, Ballyphilip, Ballytrustan, Ballywalter, Castleboy, Inishargy, St. Andrew's (Ballyhalbert), Slanes, Witter, Bangor, Donaghadee, Grey Abbey, and Newtownards.