I have just been looking out at a small island called Illaunricmonia. A neighbour says it was so named as turf was cut from the island. Could someone please give me a translation (the little island is off the SW coast of Cork near Schull)?
Also, if possible, could someone translate its nearby neighbouring island Carrignashoggee.
Thanks for your help

https://www.logainm.ie/ga/13513?s=Illaunricmonia

Illaunricmonia 'Oileán Ric Muine'

Oileán means 'island', and muine means 'a copse/ thicket/ bunch of bushes/ trees'.

I'm Not sure what Ric means. According to one of the recordings of the placename from 1841-42, on the site I just cited, ric supposedly comes from rí(gh) 'king'. But, phonetically that seems doubtful, since rí(gh) is pronounced as /rí:/ (ree); so, one would expect Illaunreemon(i)a as an Anglicisation. Even in the period when the '-g' in ríg was voiced, it was still a hard 'g' sound, /ri:g'/ (reeg); and one would expect the name to be rendered as Illaunreegmon(i)a.

However, taking Ric to have come from rígh, it would mean 'The island of the king's thicket/ copse'.

Carrignashoggee is much easier to decipher.

https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1395078?s=Carrignashoggee

Carrignashoggee comes from Carraig na Seagaí, and means 'The rock of the shags (green cormorants)'.

Cian

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