: I think that Connacht, Callieach, Cath Bruig... and other
: names are gaelic or derived from it. Judge yourself:
Connacht is the name of a province in the west of Ireland.
Kildaer or Kildare is the name of a County in the East
Ui'Shee sounds just like O'Shea the Irish Surname.
Lietrim is another county in North Western Ireland.
Tallow is a town in Ireland
Fir'Bolg is the name of a race in Irish Legend
Tiruth de Danann is the name of a race in Irish Legend
Balor is the name of an evil guy in Irish Legend.
Etc etc. etc. etc.
: cath
: battle, Irish, Old Irish cath, Welsh cad, Old Welsh cat,
: Cornish cas, Gaulish catu-; Old High German hadu-,
: fight, Anglo-Saxon heaðo-, German hader, contention;
: Sanskrit çatru, enemy; Greek @Gkótos, wrath.
: bruigh
: large house, a tumulus, so Irish, Early Irish brug, mrug,
: land, holding, mark, Welsh bro, country, region, land,
: Cym-mro, a Welshman, pl. Cymmry (*com-mroges), Breton
: bro, country, Gaulish Brogi-: *mrogi (for Gadelic);
: Latin margo; Gothic marka, border-country, Anglo-Saxon
: mearc, border, English mark, march.
Bruig means brig.
: So Cath Bruig might mean house of battle or tumulus of a
: battle.
-zeph
