The wide-ranging selection of place names from north, south, east and west will enable the reader to unravel the meanings of such colourful names as Cappoquin and Yellow Batter, Addergoole and Urbalshinny.

A comprehensive dictionary of over 2,000 place names from the length and breadth of Ireland. Explanations are given of their various forms, together with a list of the root words from which the Irish place names are most commonly formed.

Readers will be able to unravel the meanings of many other places in addition to those in the main text. Colourful photography throughout.