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 Post subject: meaning of Ghlinsce
PostPosted: Sat 16 Sep 2017 5:58 am 
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Not far from Sneem (co. Kerry) there is a beach called Coral Beach. It is located nearby a quay called Gleesk Pier. According to logainm.ie the Irish name of this pier is Cé Ghlinsce. I've studied the sources mentioned on logainm.ie but I couldn't find the meaning of 'Ghlinsce'. Is it (the genitive of) a person's name? It is (the genitive of) another noun?

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 Post subject: Re: meaning of Ghlinsce
PostPosted: Sat 16 Sep 2017 9:09 am 
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gch_nl wrote:
Not far from Sneem (co. Kerry) there is a beach called Coral Beach. It is located nearby a quay called Gleesk Pier. According to logainm.ie the Irish name of this pier is Cé Ghlinsce. I've studied the sources mentioned on logainm.ie but I couldn't find the meaning of 'Ghlinsce'. Is it (the genitive of) a person's name? It is (the genitive of) another noun?

Thanks in advance.


"Glísg, 'is the local pronunciation, but it is decidedly a corruption of,' Gleann eisce, 'glen of the channel'"
(J. O’Donovan, 1838)
Glinsce, Co. Chiarraí https://www.logainm.ie/en/22313?s=Gleensk

Decidedly?
There are a lot of places called Glinsce.

"Glinsce ‘valley’?
The etymology of glinsce is uncertain; it appears to be a derivative of glinn (gleann)."
Glinsce, Co. na Gaillimhe, https://www.logainm.ie/en/18263


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 Post subject: Re: meaning of Ghlinsce
PostPosted: Sat 16 Sep 2017 4:09 pm 
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This is what Tim Robinson says about Glinsce in his book "Connemara".
A brilliant book about natural history in South Connemara.


"Glinsce - from an old word glinn/secure, perhaps because the hill is a natural lookout point over the bay. "


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 Post subject: Re: meaning of Ghlinsce
PostPosted: Mon 18 Sep 2017 5:38 am 
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Thank you both for you reactions.

If gleann eisce were correct, what kind of word is eisce in that case? A noun in the genitive, I presume. But belonging to which nominative?


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 Post subject: Re: meaning of Ghlinsce
PostPosted: Mon 18 Sep 2017 1:20 pm 
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gch_nl wrote:
Thank you both for you reactions.

If gleann eisce were correct, what kind of word is eisce in that case? A noun in the genitive, I presume. But belonging to which nominative?


Perhaps:
esc http://www.dil.ie/20408 (prob. easc in Mod. Irish) or
esca http://www.dil.ie/20409


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