Irish Horse Name Generator

Irish names for horses, ponies and sport horses

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Generate Irish horse names: given names like Finn and Aoife, Irish-language words with a plain meaning such as Capall Bán (white horse) and Rua, show names built on places like Burren Dancer and Shannon Mist, horses of legend, tune titles and pony names.

About Irish horse names

Irish horses tend to be named in one of three ways, and this list of 1,000 covers them all. The first is a plain Irish given name: Finn, Tadhg or Oisín for a gelding, Aoife, Méabh or Clodagh for a mare. The second is a word from the Irish language, shown here with its meaning in parentheses: Rua (red, the word for a chestnut), Liath (grey), Gaoth (wind). Irish puts the adjective after the noun, and a feminine noun softens the word that follows, so a white horse is Capall Bán but a white mare is Láir Bhán.

The third way is the show name built on a place. Connemara ponies and Irish sport horses often carry the name of a farm, townland or stud as a prefix, followed by a word of the breeder's choosing. The prefixes here are real Irish towns and villages paired with original second words, in the pattern of Ballyvaughan Aviator or Clifden Clover, beside river, bay and mountain names such as Burren Dancer and Shannon Mist.

The rest is heritage: horses of legend like Enbarr and Liath Macha, tune titles, hunting and racing terms, horse fairs, pet names for ponies, and a small share of famous Irish horses, each labeled with what it did. The name is the part before the parentheses.

How to choose Irish horse names

  • Let the coat pick the word: Rua for a chestnut, Dubh for a black, Liath or Glas for a grey, Buí or Odhar for a dun, Breac for a dapple and Alabhreac for a piebald.
  • Keep the fada when you write the name on a stable door or an entry form. It marks a long vowel, so Bán sounds like bawn, and leaving it off can turn the name into a different word.
  • For a show name, put a place that means something to you in front of one strong word, as in Burren Dancer or Kilkenny Rose, and read your breed society's rules on length and prefixes before you enter it.
  • Say it the way a commentator would. A short stable name such as Finn, Tully or Mossy is easier to call across a field than Croagh Patrick Pilgrim, which can stay on the paperwork.
  • The famous names are labeled so you know what you are borrowing. Arkle or Dawn Run is a fond tribute for a pony at home, but many studbooks and racing authorities protect the names of famous horses, so ask before you use one formally.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Irish word for horse?

Capall is the everyday word, and Each is an older word for a steed. A mare is Láir, a stallion is Stail, a foal is Searrach and a pony is Capaillín or Pónaí. All of them are in the list, along with pairs such as Capall Dubh (black horse) and Láir Rua (chestnut mare).

What are good Irish names for a Connemara pony?

Places from the pony's home country are a natural fit: Clifden Clover, Roundstone, Renvyle Ripple, Maam Cross and Errislannan are all in the list. Short Irish words suit a pony too, such as Réiltín (little star) or Fraoch (heather), and so do pet names like Mossy, Bracken and Tully.

How do I pronounce the Irish names?

Roughly: Aoife is EE-fa, Niamh is NEEV, Tadhg is TYGE, Méabh is MAYV and Rua is ROO-a. The fada lengthens a vowel, so Bán sounds like bawn. Speakers in Munster, Connacht and Ulster differ, so ask an Irish speaker if you want to be sure.

Are these real Irish names and words?

That is the aim. The list was de-duplicated and screened for filler, and it keeps to Irish given names, place names and Irish-language words with their usual meanings. The show names such as Ballyvaughan Aviator are original pairings of a real place with a second word, and nobody has compared them with any studbook, so look a name up before you use it formally.

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A: 38 names

  • Achill Squall
  • Adhastar (halter)
  • Against the Clock
  • Aidan
  • Ailbhe
  • Aileen
  • Ailill
  • Ailís
  • Aill (cliff)
  • Airmed
  • Aiteann (gorse, furze)
  • Alabhreac (piebald)

A, continued

  • Amhránaí (singer)
  • An Poc ar Buile (the mad puck goat)
  • Anam (soul)
  • Anamúil (spirited)
  • Anfa (tempest)
  • Antrim Glen
  • Aoibhe
  • Aoibheann
  • Aoibhín
  • Aoife
  • Aonach (an old fair and assembly)
  • Aonghus
  • Aos Sí

A, continued

  • Ar Cosa in Airde (at a gallop)
  • Aran Spindrift
  • Ard Rí (high king)
  • Ardal
  • Ardfinnan Tweed
  • Ardglass Herring
  • Ardmore
  • Arkle (three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner)
  • Armagh Orchard
  • Athenry
  • Athlone
  • Avonbeg
  • Avonmore

B: 89 names

  • Ballinasloe (Galway's October horse fair)
  • Ballinasloe Fair
  • Ballinderry Diamond
  • Ballinspittle Highwayman
  • Ballsbridge (home of the Dublin Horse Show)
  • Ballybrit (the Galway Races course)
  • Ballybunion
  • Ballyconneely
  • Ballyconneely Breeze
  • Ballycotton Skipper
  • Ballydehob Navigator
  • Ballyduff Clansman
  • Ballyhaunis Clover
  • Ballyheigue Corsair

B, continued

  • Ballymahon Scholar
  • Ballymoss (1958 Arc winner)
  • Ballymote Harlequin
  • Ballynahinch
  • Ballyragget Jester
  • Ballyshannon
  • Ballyvaughan Aviator
  • Ballyvourney Bard
  • Bán (white)
  • Banagher
  • Bandon
  • Banish Misfortune
  • Bank and Ditch
  • Bann Drifter
  • Banríon (queen)

B, continued

  • Bantiarna (lady)
  • Bantry
  • Bantry Bay Sunrise
  • Barra
  • Barrow Otter
  • Barry
  • Bealach na Bó Finne (the Milky Way)
  • Beidh Aonach Amárach (there will be a fair tomorrow)
  • Bellewstown (the hilltop racecourse in Meath)
  • Belmullet
  • Benbaun
  • Benbulben Legend
  • Best Mate (Irish-bred winner of three Gold Cups)
  • Bevin
  • Biddy

B, continued

  • Bird in the Bush
  • Blacksmith's Forge
  • Blackstairs
  • Blackstairs Raven
  • Blackwater Heron
  • Bláithín
  • Bláthnat
  • Bobbyjo (1999 Grand National winner)
  • Bodhmall
  • Bog Cotton
  • Bog Road Bramble
  • Bonham
  • Bonn Óir (gold medal)
  • Boomerang (Irish show jumping star of the 1970s)
  • Boyne Valley Dew

B, continued

  • Boys of Bluehill
  • Brack
  • Bracken
  • Brady
  • Bramble
  • Breac (speckled, dappled)
  • Breacadh an Lae (dawn, literally the speckling of the day)
  • Breda
  • Brendan
  • Brendan's Voyage
  • Brian
  • Bridie
  • Bridie's Blessing
  • Brídín
  • Brigid's Cloak

B, continued

  • Bríomhar (lively, full of vigor)
  • Bromach (colt)
  • Brónach
  • Bronagh
  • Brown Bread
  • Brown Bull of Cooley
  • Bua (victory)
  • Buachaill Bán (fair-haired boy, the favorite)
  • Buaiteoir (winner)
  • Buí (yellow)
  • Bumper (a flat race for jumping-bred horses)
  • Burke
  • Burren Dancer
  • Buttermilk
  • Buttevant (where the first steeplechase started in 1752)

C: 126 names

  • Caer Ibormeith
  • Cahersiveen
  • Cahirmee (the July horse fair at Buttevant)
  • Cáil (fame)
  • Cailín Deas (pretty girl)
  • Cailín Rua (red-haired girl)
  • Cailleach Bhéarra
  • Cáit
  • Caladbolg
  • Calma (brave, stout-hearted)
  • Camhaoir (daybreak)
  • Cannon Ball (first stallion in the Connemara stud book)
  • Caoimhe
  • Caolán

C, continued

  • Capaillín (pony, little horse)
  • Capaillín Chonamara (Connemara pony)
  • Capall (horse)
  • Capall Bán (white horse)
  • Capall Beag (little horse)
  • Capall Breac (dappled horse)
  • Capall Buí (yellow horse, a dun)
  • Capall Donn (brown horse)
  • Capall Dubh (black horse)
  • Capall Fiáin (wild horse)
  • Capall Glas (grey horse)
  • Capall Luascáin (rocking horse)
  • Capall Maide (wooden horse, hobby horse)
  • Capall Mór (big horse)

C, continued

  • Capall Oibre (workhorse)
  • Capall Rása (racehorse)
  • Capall Rua (chestnut horse)
  • Captaen (captain)
  • Carna
  • Carna Bobby (famous Connemara pony sire)
  • Carna Dancer
  • Carraroe
  • Carrauntoohil Summit
  • Carrickmacross Lace
  • Carrigaholt Dolphin
  • Cashel Bay Blue
  • Castlecomer Collier
  • Castlegregory Surfer

C, continued

  • Castleisland Jarvey
  • Castlemaine Colonial Boy
  • Castlepollard Colonel
  • Castletownbere Trawler
  • Cathal
  • Cathaoir
  • Cavan Drumlin
  • Ceannaire (leader)
  • Ceannann (white-faced, with a blaze)
  • Ceo (mist, fog)
  • Ceobhrán (drizzle, light mist)
  • Chough
  • Ciara
  • Claddagh Swan

C, continued

  • Claddaghduff
  • Clancy
  • Clare Banner
  • Clare Island Corsair
  • Clear Round
  • Cleggan
  • Cleggan Clipper
  • Clew Bay
  • Clew Bay Sunset
  • Clifden Clover
  • Clifden Show (the Connemara Pony Show each August)
  • Cliffs of Dooneen
  • Cliobóg (filly)
  • Clíona

C, continued

  • Clodagh
  • Clonakilty
  • Clonakilty Lad
  • Clonaslee Forester
  • Clonbur
  • Clonegal Wanderer
  • Clonmacnoise
  • Clonmany Piper
  • Clontibret Captain
  • Clove Rock
  • Clover Hill (Irish Draught sire of show jumpers)
  • Clú (renown)
  • Cluain (meadow, pasture)
  • Cockle

C, continued

  • Coineascar (dusk)
  • Coirce (oats)
  • Colmán
  • Colmcille's Dove
  • Comeragh
  • Comeragh Falcon
  • Conaire Mór
  • Conall
  • Conall Cernach
  • Connacht Ranger
  • Connemara Dawn
  • Connemara Grey (the breed's most common color)
  • Connla
  • Conor

C, continued

  • Cork Rebel
  • Cormac
  • Cormac's Chapel
  • Cornamona
  • Corncrake
  • Corr (heron)
  • Corrib Mayfly
  • Costello
  • Cottage Rake (three Gold Cups in a row)
  • Crab Apple
  • Croagh Patrick
  • Croagh Patrick Pilgrim
  • Cróga (brave)
  • Croí Mór (big heart)

C, continued

  • Croí Órga (golden heart)
  • Cronan
  • Crossroads Dance
  • Cruachan
  • Cruising (Irish Sport Horse stallion and show jumper)
  • Cú Chulainn
  • Cú Roí
  • Cuilcagh
  • Cumhall
  • Curadh (champion)
  • Curlew
  • Curragh of Kildare
  • Cusack
  • Cushendun

D: 63 names

  • Dáire
  • Daithí
  • Damhsóir (dancer)
  • Danoli (the people's champion of the 1990s)
  • Dargle
  • Darragh
  • Dawn Run (the mare who won a Champion Hurdle and a Gold Cup)
  • Dawning of the Day
  • Dearbhail
  • Declan
  • Declan's Way
  • Deirbhile

D, continued

  • Dermot
  • Dermot's Dream
  • Derryclare
  • Dervla
  • Desmond
  • Devil's Bit
  • Devil's Bit Daredevil
  • Diallait (saddle)
  • Diamant (diamond)
  • Diamond Hill
  • Diamond Hill Sparkle
  • Dian Cécht
  • Dílis (loyal)

D, continued

  • Dillon
  • Dingle Bay Surf
  • Dinny
  • Djouce
  • Dóchas (hope)
  • Dog's Bay Dune
  • Donagh
  • Donal's Dare
  • Donegal Bay Gale
  • Donegal Storm
  • Donegal Tweed
  • Doneraile (where the first steeplechase finished in 1752)

D, continued

  • Donn (brown)
  • Donnchadh
  • Donnrua (reddish brown)
  • Double Bank
  • Down Royal (the racecourse near Lisburn)
  • Draighean (blackthorn)
  • Draíocht (magic)
  • Driftwood
  • Drithle (sparkle)
  • Drowsy Maggie
  • Drumcliff
  • Drumkeeran Ploughman
  • Drumshanbo Jamboree

D, continued

  • Duais (prize)
  • Dubh (black)
  • Dubh Sainglend (Cú Chulainn's black chariot horse)
  • Dublin Bay Dawn
  • Dúlamán (the seaweed gatherer's song)
  • Dunboyne Ambassador
  • Dundrum (the little show jumper of the 1960s)
  • Dunfanaghy
  • Dungarvan
  • Dunlavin Emperor
  • Dunleer Sovereign
  • Dunmanway Drummer
  • Dunshaughlin Duke

E: 26 names

  • Each (steed)
  • Each Uisce (the water horse of folklore)
  • Éadaoin
  • Éamon
  • Éamonn an Chnoic (Ned of the Hill)
  • Eidhneán (ivy)
  • Eileen
  • Eileen's Waltz
  • Eimear
  • Éire Abú (Ireland forever)
  • Éirí na Gréine (sunrise)
  • Eitilt (flight)
  • Emain Macha

E, continued

  • Emer
  • Enbarr (Manannán's horse, who ran over sea and land)
  • Enda
  • Enniscorthy
  • Enniscrone
  • Ennistymon
  • Enya
  • Eochaid (a name of legendary kings, from ech, horse)
  • Erriff
  • Errigal Snow
  • Errislannan
  • Étaín
  • Ethna

F: 57 names

  • Fachtna
  • Fág an Bealach (clear the way, an old battle cry)
  • Fáidh (seer, prophet)
  • Fainche
  • Fáinleog (swallow)
  • Fáinne Geal an Lae (the bright ring of the day)
  • Fair Day
  • Fair Play
  • Fairyhouse (home of the Irish Grand National)
  • Faithful County
  • Fanad
  • Fand
  • Farthing
  • Fastnet Light

F, continued

  • Faugheen (2015 Champion Hurdle winner)
  • Feakle
  • Feale
  • Feathers
  • Feileastram (wild yellow iris)
  • Féithleann (honeysuckle)
  • Fergal
  • Fergus mac Róich
  • Fermanagh Lakeland
  • Fermoy
  • Festival Banker
  • Fethard
  • Fia Rua (red deer)
  • Fiach

F, continued

  • Fidelma
  • Field Master
  • Fields of Athenry
  • Fifth Leg (what a clever jumper finds in trouble)
  • Fig Roll
  • Finian
  • Finn
  • Finn's Leap
  • Fintan mac Bóchra
  • Fíona
  • Fionn
  • Fionnán
  • First Flight
  • Fitzgerald

F, continued

  • Fiúise (fuchsia)
  • Five Bar Gate
  • Flann
  • Flight of the Earls
  • Flying It
  • Flyingbolt (Arkle's brilliant stablemate)
  • Forty Shades
  • Four Green Fields
  • Foxford
  • Fraoch (heather)
  • Fraughan
  • Fuiseog (lark)
  • Full Cry
  • Fursey
  • Furze

G: 64 names

  • Gaisce (a feat of valor)
  • Gála (gale)
  • Galileo (Derby winner and champion sire)
  • Gallowglass
  • Galtee Thunder
  • Galtymore
  • Galway Bay Breeze
  • Galway Blazer
  • Galway Girl
  • Galway Plate (the summer steeplechase at Ballybrit)
  • Galway Tribesman
  • Game Ball

G, continued

  • Gaoth (wind)
  • Gaoth Aduaidh (north wind)
  • Gaoth Aneas (south wind)
  • Gaoth Aniar (west wind)
  • Gaoth Anoir (east wind)
  • Garavogue
  • Garden of Ireland
  • Garret
  • Gealach (moon)
  • Gearóid
  • Gearrán (gelding)
  • Geese in the Bog
  • Geraghty

G, continued

  • Giant's Causeway (the racehorse called the Iron Horse)
  • Gile (brightness)
  • Ginger Nut
  • Giolla Deacair (his bony horse carried off the Fianna)
  • Giving It Socks
  • Glas (grey or green)
  • Gleann na Smól (the glen where Oisín fell from his horse)
  • Glenamaddy Waltz
  • Glenbeigh Strand
  • Glencolmcille
  • Glengarriff Gardener
  • Glenties
  • Glenveagh

G, continued

  • Glóir (glory)
  • Go hIontach (wonderful)
  • Go On So
  • Goibniu
  • Golden Miller (Irish-bred winner of five Gold Cups)
  • Goll mac Morna
  • Gone Away
  • Good Bone
  • Good Girl Yourself
  • Good Luck So
  • Good Man Yourself
  • Good to Yielding
  • Gort (tilled field)

G, continued

  • Gowran Park (Kilkenny's racecourse)
  • Gráinne
  • Gráinne's Flight
  • Grand Stretch
  • Grania
  • Granny's Favorite
  • Great Gas
  • Green Glens of Antrim
  • Grian (sun)
  • Griddle Cake
  • Guaire
  • Gurteen Shell
  • Gweebarra

H: 22 names

  • Ha'penny
  • Half Crown
  • Hames
  • Hardy Eustace (two-time Champion Hurdle winner)
  • Harvest Home
  • Hatton's Grace (three Champion Hurdles in a row)
  • Heather
  • High King
  • Hill of Allen
  • Hill of Tara
  • Holy Show

H, continued

  • Homes of Donegal
  • Honest Sort
  • Honeysuckle (the mare who won two Champion Hurdles)
  • Hook Head Beacon
  • Hound of Ulster
  • Humours of Tulla
  • Hungry Hill
  • Hunter Trial
  • Hunting Horn
  • Hurler
  • Hurricane Fly (two-time Champion Hurdle winner)

I: 16 names

  • Iarthar (the west)
  • Íde
  • Ilen
  • Inagh Valley Dew
  • Inishbofin Twilight
  • Inishmaan Weaver
  • Inistioge Bridge
  • Iolar (eagle)

I, continued

  • Iontas (wonder)
  • Irish Derby (run at the Curragh each summer)
  • Irish Draught (the farm horse behind the Irish hunter)
  • Irish Hobby (the swift little horse of medieval Ireland)
  • Irish Sport Horse (Draught crossed with Thoroughbred)
  • Iseult
  • Istabraq (three-time Champion Hurdle winner)
  • Ita

J: 7 names

  • Jackdaw
  • Jarlath
  • Jimeen
  • Josie's Jewel
  • Joyce
  • Joyce Country Jester
  • Jump Off

K: 42 names

  • Kathleen
  • Kathleen's Wish
  • Keane
  • Keelin
  • Keeper Hill
  • Keeper Hill Guardian
  • Kelly
  • Kern
  • Kerry Bog Pony (the small native pony of Kerry)
  • Kerry Kingdom
  • Kerry National (Listowel's feature steeplechase)
  • Kevin
  • Kid on the Mountain
  • Kieran

K, continued

  • Kilbeggan Copper
  • Kilcolgan Oyster
  • Kildare Gallop
  • Kildorrery Hero
  • Kilfenora Set Dancer
  • Kilfinane Flight
  • Kilkenny Rose
  • Kilkieran
  • Killaloe
  • Killary
  • Killary Tide
  • Killian
  • Killorglin
  • Kilmallock Kingmaker

K, continued

  • Kilronan Harper
  • Kiltimagh Rapparee
  • King of Diamonds (famous Irish Draught sire)
  • King of the Fairies
  • Kitty
  • Kitty's Wedding
  • Knockcroghery Clay Pipe
  • Knockmealdown
  • Knocknagree Polka
  • Knocknarea
  • Knocknarea Queen
  • Knocktopher Abbot
  • Kylemore
  • Kylemore Lily

L: 70 names

  • L'Escargot (two Gold Cups and a Grand National)
  • Láeg (Cú Chulainn's charioteer)
  • Láir (mare)
  • Láir Bhán (white mare)
  • Láir Bheag (little mare)
  • Láir Bhreac (dappled mare)
  • Láir Dhonn (brown mare)
  • Láir Dhubh (black mare)
  • Láir Ghlas (grey mare)
  • Láir Rua (chestnut mare)
  • Lanigan's Ball
  • Laoch (hero)
  • Lap of Honor
  • Lark in the Morning

L, continued

  • Lasair (flame)
  • Lass of Aughrim
  • Laune
  • Laytown (racing on the beach in Meath)
  • Lead Rein
  • Leenane
  • Leenane Lass
  • Leinster Lancer
  • Leitrim Fiddler
  • Leopardstown (the Dublin racecourse)
  • Letterfrack
  • Letterfrack Lad
  • Líadan
  • Liam

L, continued

  • Liath (grey)
  • Liath Luachra
  • Liath Macha (the Grey of Macha, Cú Chulainn's chariot horse)
  • Lilywhite
  • Limerick Lace
  • Limestone Lad (front-running Irish hurdler)
  • Linnet
  • Liscannor Flagstone
  • Liscarroll Castle
  • Lisdoonvarna Matchmaker
  • Listowel (the Kerry harvest festival races)
  • Little Fella
  • Loinnir (gleam, radiance)
  • Lonán

L, continued

  • Long Acre (the grass verge where horses graze by the road)
  • Loop Head Lantern
  • Loose Rein
  • Lorcan
  • Lough Arrow
  • Lough Conn
  • Lough Corrib Pearl
  • Lough Derg Squall
  • Lough Gill
  • Lough Gur
  • Lough Inagh
  • Lough Key
  • Lough Leane
  • Lough Mask

L, continued

  • Lough Ree
  • Lough Sheelin
  • Lough Tay
  • Loughrea
  • Louisburgh
  • Lovely Leitrim
  • Luas (speed)
  • Luck Penny (the coin a seller hands back at a fair)
  • Lugh
  • Lugnaquilla
  • Lugnaquilla Frost
  • Luí na Gréine (sunset)
  • Luisne (glow, blush)
  • Lúth (agility, vigor)

M: 76 names

  • Maam Cross (the Connemara crossroads and its pony fair)
  • Maam Cross Maverick
  • Macha
  • Machaire (plain)
  • Made Hunter
  • Maeve's Folly
  • Maguire
  • Maid Behind the Bar
  • Maid of the Moy
  • Maiden Hurdle
  • Maigue
  • Maith an Cailín (good girl, well done)

M, continued

  • Maith an Fear (good man, well done)
  • Malachy
  • Malin Gale
  • Mammy's Pet
  • Mangerton
  • Mangerton Hare
  • Mannin Bay Coral
  • Mánus
  • Maorga (stately)
  • Marcach (rider)
  • Marcaíocht (riding)
  • Maumturk
  • Maura

M, continued

  • Maureen
  • Mayo Heather
  • Me Auld Flower
  • Méabh
  • Meadowsweet
  • Meán Lae (midday)
  • Mear (swift)
  • Meath Royal
  • Medb
  • Meitheal (neighbors gathered to share the work)
  • Midir
  • Mikey
  • Mind Yourself

M, continued

  • Minella Times (2021 Grand National winner)
  • Míorúilt (miracle)
  • Misneach (courage)
  • Mizen Storm
  • Mná na hÉireann (women of Ireland)
  • Mo Chuisle (my pulse, my darling)
  • Mo Ghile Mear (my gallant darling)
  • Model County
  • Móinéar (meadow)
  • Moing (mane)
  • Moira
  • Molloy

M, continued

  • Molly's Chance
  • Mona
  • Monaghan Drover
  • Monivea Marquis
  • Monksfield (two-time Champion Hurdle winner)
  • Montbretia
  • Mórga (majestic)
  • Mórtas (pride)
  • Moscow Flyer (two-time Champion Chase winner)
  • Mossy
  • Mount Leinster
  • Mountbellew Master
  • Mountrath Major

M, continued

  • Mourne Granite
  • Moy Leaper
  • Moya
  • Moycullen
  • Muckish Shadow
  • Muiris
  • Muirne
  • Mullaghmore
  • Mullinahone Poet
  • Munster Minstrel
  • Murtagh
  • Mweelrea
  • Mweelrea Cloud

N: 22 names

  • Nainsí
  • Naomh (saint)
  • Naoscach (snipe)
  • Neart (strength)
  • Nechtan
  • Nephin
  • Nessa
  • Nessan
  • Newgrange
  • Niamh
  • Nijinsky (1970 Triple Crown winner, trained in Tipperary)

N, continued

  • No Bother
  • Nonie
  • Nóra
  • Nora's Charm
  • Nore
  • Nore Kingfisher
  • Noreen
  • Notions
  • Novice Chaser
  • Nuala's Delight
  • Nugent

O: 19 names

  • O'Rourke
  • O'Toole
  • Odhar (dun)
  • Oisín
  • Oisín's Pride
  • Omey Strand
  • On the Pig's Back
  • Onóir (honor)
  • Onóra

O, continued

  • Oonagh
  • Opening Meet
  • Oran
  • Oranmore Buck
  • Orby (the first Irish-trained Derby winner, 1907)
  • Órga (golden)
  • Orla
  • Orlaith
  • Oughterard
  • Ox Mountain Bracken

P: 31 names

  • Paddy
  • Paddy's Fancy
  • Pádraic
  • Páidí
  • Páidín
  • Papillon (2000 Grand National winner)
  • Paudie
  • Peadar
  • Péarla (pearl)
  • Peggy's Leg

P, continued

  • Peigí
  • Phelim
  • Piaras
  • Pilibín (lapwing)
  • Pirate Queen
  • Plains of Boyle
  • Planxty Irwin
  • Plunkett
  • Point to Point
  • Pónaí (pony)

P, continued

  • Pony Club
  • Portumna
  • Premier County
  • Pride of Offaly
  • Prince Regent (1946 Gold Cup winner)
  • Púca (the shape-shifter that appears as a dark horse)
  • Puck Fair (Killorglin's August fair, with its horse fair)
  • Puissance (the high wall class at the Dublin Horse Show)
  • Punchestown (the Kildare home of the spring jumps festival)
  • Pure Class
  • Purple Mountain

Q: 4 names

  • Quare Times (1955 Grand National winner)
  • Queen of Connacht
  • Queenie
  • Quevega (six-time winner at the Cheltenham Festival)

R: 51 names

  • Raglan Road
  • Rakes of Mallow
  • Rásaí (racer)
  • Rathangan Squire
  • Rathcormac Hunter
  • Rathdrum Woodsman
  • Rathkeale Rover
  • Rathlin Echo
  • Rathmullan Earl
  • Réalta (star)
  • Réaltra (galaxy)
  • Réamonn

R, continued

  • Rebel County
  • Recess
  • Red Branch
  • Red Rosette
  • Red Rum (Irish-bred winner of three Grand Nationals)
  • Redmond
  • Reeks Stag
  • Réiltín (little star)
  • Renvyle
  • Renvyle Ripple
  • Reynoldstown (won the Grand National twice in the 1930s)
  • Rí (king)
  • Riabhach (streaked, brindled)

R, continued

  • Ridden Hunter
  • Ringfort
  • Rinn (point, headland)
  • Ríonach
  • Rock of Cashel
  • Rock of Gibraltar (seven Group 1 wins in a row)
  • Rocky Road to Dublin
  • Rógaire (rogue)
  • Róise
  • Róisín
  • Róisín Dubh (dark little rose)
  • Rolling in the Ryegrass
  • Rory's Reel

R, continued

  • Rós (rose)
  • Roscommon Ranger
  • Roscrea Monk
  • Rose of Mooncoin
  • Rose of Tralee
  • Rosmuc
  • Rossa
  • Rosscarbery Admiral
  • Roundstone
  • Royal County
  • Rua (red, the word for a chestnut)
  • Ruairí
  • Ruarc

S: 88 names

  • Sabhaircín (primrose)
  • Saddle the Pony
  • Sadler's Wells (champion sire of his age)
  • Safe Home
  • Saighdiúir (soldier)
  • Sally Gardens
  • Salmon of Knowledge
  • Saltee
  • Salthill Prom
  • Saoirse
  • Saor (free)
  • Saorla
  • Scéalaí (storyteller)
  • Schoolmaster

S, continued

  • Sciamhach (beautiful)
  • Scota
  • Scut
  • Sea Pink
  • Sea the Stars (2009 Derby and Arc winner)
  • Seabhac (hawk)
  • Seáinín
  • Seán's Promise
  • Searrach (foal)
  • Searrach Beag (little foal)
  • Senan
  • Seoid (jewel)
  • Shannon Mist
  • Shay
  • Sheila

S, continued

  • Sheila's Sunshine
  • Shergar (the 1981 Derby winner)
  • Sheridan
  • Short Grass
  • Sibéal
  • Side Saddle
  • Siúil a Rún (walk, my love)
  • Siún
  • Sive
  • Skellig Sentinel
  • Skibbereen
  • Sky Road Sunset
  • Sláine
  • Slaney Mist
  • Slemish

S, continued

  • Slemish Shepherd
  • Slieve Aughty
  • Slieve Bloom
  • Slieve Bloom Blossom
  • Slieve Gullion
  • Slieve Mish
  • Slieve Snaght
  • Sligo Piper
  • Sloe
  • Slyne Head
  • Smithfield (Dublin's old horse market)
  • Sneachta (snow)
  • Sodar (trot)
  • Soft Day

S, continued

  • Sound Man
  • Spancil Hill
  • Sperrin
  • Sperrin Gold
  • Spiorad (spirit)
  • Spleodrach (exuberant)
  • Srian (bridle, rein)
  • Stábla (stable)
  • Stack of Barley
  • Stail (stallion)
  • Stall the Ball
  • Star of the Corrib
  • Stirrup Cup
  • Stoirm (storm)
  • Stone of Destiny

S, continued

  • Stone Wall Country
  • Stonechat
  • Stór (treasure, darling)
  • Stradbally Steam
  • Strand Races
  • Strokestown
  • Stuama (steady, sensible)
  • Sugarloaf
  • Sugarloaf Sunrise
  • Suibhne
  • Suir Salmon
  • Supreme Champion
  • Sure Foot
  • Swilly
  • Swinford Sportsman

T: 60 names

  • Tabhair dom do Lámh (give me your hand)
  • Tadhg
  • Tadhg's Gamble
  • Taibhreamh (dream)
  • Tailteann (the ancient games, which had horse races)
  • Tailtiu
  • Taistealaí (traveler)
  • Tally Ho
  • Tangler (the go-between who helps close a deal at a fair)
  • Templemore Cadet
  • The Blackthorn Stick
  • The Coolin
  • The Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Curragh (the Kildare plain, home of the Irish classics)
  • The Earl's Chair

T, continued

  • The Foggy Dew
  • The Fox Hunter's Jig
  • The Frost Is All Over
  • The Gaffer
  • The Galway Shawl
  • The Kesh Jig
  • The Mason's Apron
  • The Merry Blacksmith
  • The Morning Dew
  • The Mountain Road
  • The Rambling Pitchfork
  • The Rare Old Times
  • The Swallowtail Jig
  • The West's Awake
  • Thomastown

T, continued

  • Thoroughbred County
  • Threepenny Bit
  • Thyestes (the big January chase at Gowran Park)
  • Tiernan
  • Tiger Roll (winner of two Grand Nationals)
  • Tintreach (lightning)
  • Tipperary Flyer
  • Tír (land, country)
  • Tír na nÓg
  • Tír Tairngire
  • Toirneach (thunder)
  • Tomás
  • Top Class
  • Torc Waterfall
  • Toss the Feathers

T, continued

  • Tralee Bay Spray
  • Tréan (strong, mighty)
  • Treasa
  • Tripping Up the Stairs
  • Tuam
  • Tuí (straw)
  • Tullaroan Hurler
  • Tully
  • Tullycross
  • Tulsk High King
  • Tuohy
  • Turf Fire
  • Twelve Bens
  • Twelve Bens Echo
  • Tyrone Chieftain

U: 4 names

  • Uasal (noble)
  • Ulster Champion
  • Ultan
  • Urlingford Roadster

V: 4 names

  • Valentia Cable
  • Vartry
  • Vinnie Roe (four-time Irish St Leger winner)
  • Vintage Crop (1993 Melbourne Cup winner)

W: 17 names

  • Waterford Harvest
  • Wave Sweeper
  • Wee Buns
  • Wee County
  • Wexford Strawberry
  • Whipper-In
  • Whiskey in the Jar
  • Wicklow Rambler

W, continued

  • Wild Goose
  • Willie Wagtail
  • Wind That Shakes the Barley
  • Windfall
  • Winkers
  • Winner's Enclosure
  • Woodbine
  • Woodford Whisper
  • Working Hunter

Y: 4 names

  • Yeats (winner of four Ascot Gold Cups)
  • Yeats Country
  • Yer Man
  • Youghal