Tonelagee
hill or mountain · Wicklow · 816m
MarilynHewitt
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Tonelagee is from Gaelic, meaning 'hill of the foreigners' or 'hill of the strangers'. 'Tóin' means bottom or rear, and 'allt' can mean foreigners or strangers.
Word origins
- tóin
- GaelicAttestedbottom, rear(from tóin "bottom, rear")
- le
- Gaelicto the(from le "to the")
- allt
- GaelicAttestedforeigners, strangers(from allt "foreigners, strangers")