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House names as Irish homes carry them: Irish-language names with short meanings, such as Teach na Mara (house of the sea) and An Grianán (the sunny place), anglicised townland names like Knockmore, view names like Shannon View, and devotional names like Loreto and St. Jude's.

About Irish house names

In rural Ireland a house name is often part of the address, painted on a gate pillar or cut into a stone by the door, and a handful of traditions supply nearly all of them. The first is Irish itself. A name usually pairs a plain word with what the house looks at or sits beside: Teach na Mara (house of the sea), Radharc na Mara (sea view), Cois Farraige (beside the sea), An Grianán (the sunny place). In this list every Irish-language name carries a short meaning in parentheses.

The second is the anglicised townland style, built from elements such as Knock (hill), Ard (height), Glen, Rath and Lis (ringfort), Carrig (rock) and Dun (fort): Knockmore, Ardkeen, Carriglea. View names follow the nearest water or mountain (Shannon View, Errigal View), and devotional names, a real Irish habit, honor a saint or a shrine: St. Jude's, Loreto, Lourdes, Réalt na Mara.

The rest covers trees and birds, former uses such as The Glebe and The Old National School, homeplace names that emigrants carried abroad, and names for holiday cottages. Irish spelling changes with grammar, so confirm an Irish-language name with a fluent speaker before it goes on a gate.

How to choose Irish house names

  • Copy an Irish name letter for letter. The accent (the fada) and the changes at the start of a word are grammar: it is Radharc an Chuain and Cois na hAbhann, and swapping in another noun by guesswork usually produces a mistake.
  • Ask a speaker before you order the sign. An Irish teacher, a relative from the Gaeltacht or a local Irish-language group can confirm the wording and tell you how it is said.
  • Let the site choose the family. A house on the coast suits Ceol na Mara or Wavecrest, a hill farm Knockard or Slieveroe, and a house near an old ringfort Lisheen or Rathbeg.
  • Keep a devotional name personal. St. Brigid's, Majella or Cluain Mhuire usually marks a family's own devotion, so choose one that means something in your house.
  • For a homeplace name abroad, use the place your own people left. Aherlow, Glenmalure or Inishowen says most on the gate of a family that came from there.

Frequently asked questions

What are traditional Irish house names?

Most belong to a few families: Irish-language names such as Teach na Mara and Cois Abhann, anglicised townland names such as Knockmore and Glenard, view names such as Shannon View and Lough View, and saints' or shrine names such as St. Anthony's, Loreto and Lourdes. Former uses, like The Glebe, The Forge and The Gate Lodge, are common on older buildings.

What do Teach, Cois, Radharc and Ard mean?

Teach is house, Cois is beside, Radharc is view and Ard is a height. So Teach na Coille is house of the wood, Cois Locha is beside the lake, Radharc an Locha is lake view and Ard na Gréine is sunny height. An at the front is simply 'the', as in An Nead (the nest).

Why do so many Irish houses have saints' names?

Naming a home for a saint, a shrine or Our Lady has long been common in Catholic Ireland, which is why St. Jude's, Loreto, Lourdes, Fatima and Maryville appear on so many gates. The Irish-language forms in this list include Réalt na Mara (star of the sea) and Teach Mhuire (Mary's house).

Can I build my own name from these Irish words?

Not safely by swapping words. Irish nouns change form inside a phrase (mara comes from muir, an chuain from cuan), so a home-made name is often wrong. Take a name from the list as it is written, or use an anglicised form such as Knockview or Drumard, and check any Irish wording with a speaker.

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A: 75 names

  • Achill
  • Aherlow
  • An Bóithrín (the little lane)
  • An Bothán (the cabin)
  • An Broc (the badger)
  • An Caladh (the landing place)
  • An Caorthann (the rowan)
  • An Charraig (the rock)
  • An Ché (the quay)
  • An Cheárta (the forge)
  • An Choill (the wood)
  • An Chuach (the cuckoo)
  • An Cladach (the shore)
  • An Clochán (the stepping stones)
  • An Cnoc (the hill)

A, continued

  • An Cuan (the harbor)
  • An Cuileann (the holly)
  • An Dair (the oak)
  • An Dreoilín (the wren)
  • An Droichead (the bridge)
  • An Dún (the fort)
  • An Eala (the swan)
  • An Fháinleog (the swallow)
  • An Fharraige (the sea)
  • An Fhuinseog (the ash tree)
  • An Fhuiseog (the lark)
  • An Fraoch (the heather)
  • An Gairdín (the garden)
  • An Garraí (the garden)
  • An Giorria (the hare)

A, continued

  • An Gleann (the glen)
  • An Gort (the field)
  • An Grianán (the sunny place)
  • An Lios (the ringfort)
  • An Loch (the lake)
  • An Lon Dubh (the blackbird)
  • An Móinéar (the meadow)
  • An Muileann (the mill)
  • An Mullach (the summit)
  • An Nead (the nest)
  • An Nóinín (the daisy)
  • An Portach (the bog)
  • An Ráth (the earthen fort)
  • An Sabhaircín (the primrose)
  • An Scioból (the barn)

A, continued

  • An Seanmhuileann (the old mill)
  • An Spideog (the robin)
  • An Sruthán (the stream)
  • An Teach Bán (the white house)
  • An Teachín (the little house)
  • An Tobar (the well)
  • An tOileán (the island)
  • An Trá (the strand)
  • An tSeanscoil (the old school)
  • Aoibhneas (delight)
  • Ár dTeach (our house)
  • Ard Aoibhinn (pleasant height)
  • Ard Mhuire (Mary's height)
  • Ard na Gréine (sunny height)
  • Ard na Mara (height above the sea)

A, continued

  • Ardagh (high field)
  • Ardbane (white height)
  • Ardbeg (little height)
  • Ardcarn (height of the cairn)
  • Ardeen (little height)
  • Ardkeen (pleasant height)
  • Ardlea (gray height)
  • Ardnamona (height of the bog)
  • Ardroe (red height)
  • Arigna
  • Assisi
  • Atlantic Lodge
  • Atlantic View
  • Ave Maria
  • Avila

B: 24 names

  • Badger Hill
  • Barr na Sráide (top of the street)
  • Barrowside
  • Beara
  • Beech Hill
  • Beechmount
  • Benbulben
  • Bethany
  • Birchgrove
  • Blackberry Lane
  • Blackstairs
  • Blackthorn Lodge

B, continued

  • Blasket
  • Bog Myrtle
  • Bog Oak Lodge
  • Bog View
  • Boreen Cottage
  • Boyne View
  • Brandon
  • Bray Head
  • Breffni
  • Bruach na hAbhann (the riverbank)
  • Bruach na Mara (edge of the sea)
  • Buttercup Meadow

C: 48 names

  • Callows Lodge
  • Cape Clear
  • Carmel
  • Carrageen Cottage
  • Carrigbane (white rock)
  • Carrigbeg (little rock)
  • Carrigduff (black rock)
  • Carrigeen (little rock)
  • Carriglea (gray rock)
  • Carrigmore (big rock)
  • Carrigroe (red rock)
  • Céad Míle Fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes)

C, continued

  • Ceol na Mara (music of the sea)
  • Ciúnas (quiet)
  • Clare Island
  • Cliff Edge
  • Clogherhead
  • Clonbeg (little meadow)
  • Cloneen (little meadow)
  • Clonkeen (pleasant meadow)
  • Clonmacnoise
  • Clonmore (big meadow)
  • Cluain Mhuire (Mary's meadow)
  • Cois Abhann (beside a river)

C, continued

  • Cois Cladaigh (beside the shore)
  • Cois Coille (beside the wood)
  • Cois Coiribe (beside the Corrib)
  • Cois Cuain (beside the harbor)
  • Cois Farraige (beside the sea)
  • Cois Laoi (beside the Lee)
  • Cois Life (beside the Liffey)
  • Cois Locha (beside the lake)
  • Cois na hAbhann (beside the river)
  • Cois Sléibhe (beside the mountain)
  • Cois Tine (beside the fire)
  • Cois Trá (beside the strand)

C, continued

  • Comeragh
  • Connemara
  • Cooley
  • Corcomroe
  • Corncrake Meadow
  • Corrib View
  • Crannóg Lodge
  • Crossroads Cottage
  • Cuckoo Hill
  • Cuilcagh
  • Curlew Lodge
  • Currach Cottage

D: 22 names

  • Daisy Hill
  • Dalriada
  • Derreen (little oak wood)
  • Derrybeg (little oak wood)
  • Derrylea (gray oak wood)
  • Derrymore (big oak wood)
  • Devenish
  • Dídean (shelter)
  • Dolmen Lodge
  • Drumard (high ridge)
  • Drumbane (white ridge)

D, continued

  • Drumbeg (little ridge)
  • Drumkeen (pleasant ridge)
  • Drumlea (gray ridge)
  • Drumroe (red ridge)
  • Dry Stone Cottage
  • Dún Mhuire (Mary's fort)
  • Dún na Mara (fort of the sea)
  • Dunard (high fort)
  • Dunbeg (little fort)
  • Duneen (little fort)
  • Dunroe (red fort)

E: 7 names

  • Eagle Lodge
  • Ebb Tide
  • End of the Boreen
  • Errigal View
  • Erris
  • Esker Lodge
  • Evening Tide

F: 14 names

  • Fáilte (welcome)
  • Fáilte Isteach (welcome in)
  • Fairyhill
  • Fairymount
  • Fanad
  • Fatima
  • Fiddler's Cottage
  • Fortfield
  • Foscadh (shelter from the wind)
  • Fraoch Bán (white heather)
  • Fuchsia Lane
  • Fuchsia Lodge
  • Furze Bank
  • Furze Hill

G: 28 names

  • Galtee View
  • Galtymore
  • Gleann Álainn (beautiful glen)
  • Gleann na Smól (glen of the thrushes)
  • Glenard (high glen)
  • Glenariff
  • Glenaulin (beautiful glen)
  • Glenbane (white glen)
  • Glenbeg (little glen)
  • Glencree
  • Glendalough
  • Glendine (deep glen)
  • Glenduff (dark glen)
  • Glendun

G, continued

  • Glenkeen (pleasant glen)
  • Glenmalure
  • Glenreagh (gray glen)
  • Glenroe (red glen)
  • Glenshesk
  • Glenside Cottage
  • Glór na Mara (voice of the sea)
  • Gortbeg (little field)
  • Gortmore (big field)
  • Gortnamona (field of the bog)
  • Gortroe (red field)
  • Gougane Barra
  • Green Gate
  • Gweebarra

H: 11 names

  • Half Door Cottage
  • Hawthorn Lodge
  • Heather Lodge
  • Heatherside
  • Helvick
  • Heron Lodge
  • High Cross House
  • Hilltown
  • Holly Park
  • Hollybrook
  • Honeysuckle Lodge

I: 7 names

  • Inishbofin
  • Inisheer
  • Inishmaan
  • Inishowen
  • Island View
  • Islander's Rest
  • Iveragh

K: 15 names

  • Keem
  • Killiney
  • Kingfisher Lodge
  • Knockanore (hill of the gold)
  • Knockard (high hill)
  • Knockaun (hillock)
  • Knockbane (white hill)
  • Knockbeg (little hill)
  • Knockglass (green hill)
  • Knockmore (big hill)
  • Knocknarea
  • Knocknashee (hill of the fairies)
  • Knockreagh (gray hill)
  • Knockroe (red hill)
  • Knockview

L: 28 names

  • Lakefield
  • Lakelands
  • Larch Hill
  • Larchfield
  • Lark Hill
  • Laurel Hill
  • Laurel Lodge
  • Leeside
  • Lisbane (white fort)
  • Lisbeg (little fort)
  • Lisduff (dark fort)
  • Lisheen (little fort)
  • Lisieux
  • Lislea (gray fort)

L, continued

  • Lissard (high fort)
  • Loop Head
  • Loreto
  • Lough Derg
  • Lough Derravaragh
  • Lough Ennell
  • Lough Gill
  • Lough Hyne
  • Lough Key
  • Lough Shore
  • Lough View
  • Loughside
  • Lourdes
  • Lugnaquilla

M: 23 names

  • Maam
  • Mackerel Cottage
  • Majella
  • Marian House
  • Marian Villa
  • Maryfield
  • Marymount
  • Maryville
  • Meitheal (neighbors working together)
  • Mizen
  • Mo Chroí (my heart)

M, continued

  • Moher
  • Montbretia Cottage
  • Mount Carmel
  • Mount Eagle
  • Mount Leinster
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Prospect
  • Mountain Ash
  • Mountain Cottage
  • Mourne View
  • Mullaghbane (white summit)
  • Mullaghroe (red summit)

N: 4 names

  • Naomh Bríd (Saint Brigid)
  • Naomh Iósaf (Saint Joseph)
  • Naomh Pádraig (Saint Patrick)
  • Nazareth

O: 5 names

  • Oakfield
  • Orchard Lodge
  • Oriel
  • Ossory
  • Otter Bank

P: 4 names

  • Padua
  • Pier Cottage
  • Plover Hill
  • Prospect House

R: 32 names

  • Radharc Álainn (beautiful view)
  • Radharc an Chuain (harbor view)
  • Radharc an Ghleanna (glen view)
  • Radharc an Locha (lake view)
  • Radharc an Oileáin (island view)
  • Radharc an tSléibhe (mountain view)
  • Radharc na Bá (bay view)
  • Radharc na gCnoc (view of the hills)
  • Radharc na hAbhann (river view)
  • Radharc na Mara (sea view)

R, continued

  • Radharc na Sléibhte (view of the mountains)
  • Radharc na Trá (strand view)
  • Raheen (little ringfort)
  • Rathard (high ringfort)
  • Rathbeg (little ringfort)
  • Rathduff (dark ringfort)
  • Rathlin
  • Rathmore (big ringfort)
  • Rathroe (red ringfort)
  • Raven's Rock
  • Réalt na Mara (star of the sea)

R, continued

  • Red Door Cottage
  • Reek View
  • Rest a While
  • Rivermount
  • Riversdale
  • Roaringwater
  • Robin Hill
  • Roselawn
  • Rossbeigh
  • Rosses Point
  • Round Tower Lodge

S: 63 names

  • Sa Bhaile (at home)
  • Safe Harbour
  • Sally Park
  • Saltee
  • Sancta Maria
  • Scattery
  • Sceach Gheal (whitethorn)
  • Sea Thrift Cottage
  • Seacrest
  • Seafield
  • Seal Rock
  • Seamount

S, continued

  • Shanbally (old homestead)
  • Shandon
  • Shandrum (old ridge)
  • Shannon Lodge
  • Shannon View
  • Shannonside
  • Sherkin
  • Shore Cottage
  • Síocháin (peace)
  • Skellig View
  • Slea Head
  • Slemish
  • Slieve Bloom

S, continued

  • Slieve Gullion
  • Slievemore (big mountain)
  • Slievenamon (mountain of the women)
  • Slieveroe (red mountain)
  • Soft Day
  • Sólás (comfort)
  • Sonas (happiness)
  • Sperrin
  • St. Anne's
  • St. Anthony's
  • St. Bernadette's
  • St. Brendan's

S, continued

  • St. Brigid's
  • St. Colmcille's
  • St. Columba's
  • St. Declan's
  • St. Enda's
  • St. Finbarr's
  • St. Gerard's
  • St. Ita's
  • St. Joseph's
  • St. Jude's
  • St. Kevin's
  • St. Kieran's
  • St. Martin's

S, continued

  • St. Mary's
  • St. Michael's
  • St. Patrick's
  • St. Philomena's
  • St. Rita's
  • St. Senan's
  • St. Teresa's
  • Star of the Sea
  • Stone Wall Cottage
  • Storm Lantern
  • Strand Cottage
  • Sunday's Well
  • Swanbrook

T: 81 names

  • Taobh na Coille (the woodside)
  • Taobh na Mara (the seaside)
  • Tara
  • Teach an Gheata (the gate house)
  • Teach Bhríde (Brigid's house)
  • Teach Ceann Tuí (thatched house)
  • Teach Mhuire (Mary's house)
  • Teach na Coille (house of the wood)
  • Teach na Gréine (house of the sun)
  • Teach na Mara (house of the sea)
  • Teach Saoire (holiday house)
  • Teach Solais (lighthouse)
  • Tearmann (sanctuary)

T, continued

  • The Ball Alley
  • The Bleach Green
  • The Blue Half Door
  • The Boatman's Rest
  • The Céilí House
  • The Coastguard Station
  • The Corn Store
  • The Creamery
  • The Curate's House
  • The Curragh
  • The Doctor's House
  • The Fair Green
  • The Forge
  • The Fort Field

T, continued

  • The Gable End
  • The Gate Lodge
  • The Glebe
  • The Grain Store
  • The Haggard
  • The Half Acre
  • The Harbour Master's House
  • The Hare's Corner
  • The Hay Barn
  • The Herd's House
  • The Hill Field
  • The Home Place
  • The Lightkeeper's House

T, continued

  • The Lime Kiln
  • The Lock House
  • The Long Field
  • The Market House
  • The Mass Path
  • The Mews
  • The Old Convent
  • The Old Creamery Yard
  • The Old Dispensary
  • The Old Garda Station
  • The Old National School
  • The Old Thatch
  • The Orchard Field
  • The Parochial House

T, continued

  • The Pony Field
  • The Rosses
  • The Rowans
  • The Sallies
  • The Sally Gardens
  • The Scutch Mill
  • The Seaweed Store
  • The Signal Cabin
  • The Station Master's House
  • The Storyteller's Cottage
  • The Strand
  • The Teacher's Residence
  • The Top Field

T, continued

  • The Turf Cutter's Cottage
  • The Turf Shed
  • The Turlough
  • The Well Field
  • Thomond
  • Three Chimneys
  • Tigín (little house)
  • Tobar Mhuire (Mary's well)
  • Trá Bhán (white strand)
  • Tullyard (high hillock)
  • Tullymore (big hillock)
  • Turf Fire Cottage
  • Tús Nua (a new beginning)
  • Tyrconnell

V: 3 names

  • Valentia
  • Ventry
  • Villa Maria

W: 6 names

  • Wavecrest
  • Weirside
  • Whin Hill
  • Wild Garlic Cottage
  • Willowbrook
  • Woodbine Lodge