These are some geographical questions, shall we say. In my second-hand copy of Peig (Eagrán scoile) that someone has very kindly scrawled all over, there is a map of the Corca Dhuibhne at the front and the back. Unfortunately the pages are stuck together in the middle and some of the names aren't easy to make out. Just east of Ceann Sléibhe there's a village called 'An Fá....' and the rest of the name is impossible to read. I've looked at various other maps and there's a place that seems to be just a couple of houses called Gleann Fán/Glanfahan. Would that be it? and apparently it must be much less important than it once was. The other thing I don't understand is on the map between Cill Mhic an Domnaigh and Ceann Trá is Cuan Fionntrá with the beach (Fionntrá) of course. Why is it then that Ceann Trá is called Ventry in English? The island that's furthest south west from An Blascaod is called Inis Mhicileáin, but in the French version published by An Here it's called Inis Mhic Aoibhleáin - would the first version of the name be an abreviated form?
One last question - at the bottom of the page there's the scale - scála: I orlach = Míle Rcht. Would Rcht be the abreviation of reacht? (a statute mile)

An Fán. Gleann Fán I believe is a small valley near An Fán.


Ventry was the name of the local family of landlords.


In a sense. It's the older version of its name rather than an abbreviation. The sounds were worn down to obtain the current form over the centuries.


Yes, indeed.

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here is a handy little map with the town lands of Ireland with pronunciations, you have to zoom in quite close to get the townlands to appear.
http://www.logainm.ie/22697.aspx

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