Speaking of placenames i'd like to start by talking a little bit about where i'm from. Now I know Leesiders are always accused of only thinking about one thing - Cork. But i'd like to concentrate on 1 specific part of it & i won't dwell on it for too long. Geallaimse (i promise)

Is as Gaeltacht Mhúscraí atá mé. i am from the Múscraí Gaeltacht. This is one of 2no. Gaeltacht areas in Cork. (The other being Oileán Chléire). Múscraí runs from the northern side of West Cork, along the bounds with Kerry and extending out towards but not including Macroom town

The main settlements are Baile Bhuirne, Baile Mhic Íre, Cuil Aodha, Cill na Martra, Reidh na nDoirí & Béal Atha'n Ghaorthaidh. It also includes Gúgán Barra. One of the prettiest places in the world (in my humble opinion)

i grew up in Baile Bhuirne, which is an odd one as its very name is up for dispute. Baile Mhúirne (Townland of the beloved) or Baile Bhuirne for which there are a few different definitions , one being ‘Rocky place’
from the same root word which gives us the word for the Burren.

Topographically speaking the 'Rocky Place' definition may be more fitting, and is indeed the official name as per @logainm_ie being therefore used in official documentation, but locally Ballyvournians seem to prefer the more romantic option of Baile Mhúire.

The main village of Baile Mhic Íre was until relatively recently (the late 70s or early 80s) commonly known as Carraig an Adhmaid which means Rock of the Wood. There is an interesting back story about that involving Cromwellian Troops rampaging through the area in the 1600s

Depending on which version of the story you here, either the Cromwellian Troops wanted to shelter in the local Stone medieval Church, or wanted to burn it down (i had been told the latter as a child) either way, the locals decided they would not give them the satisfaction

They removed the wooden roof of the Church and hid it in a rocky outcrop to the East of the area. This is how the settlement got the name Carraig an Adhmaid. and i just think that's neat.

It is a shame that it is falling into disuse. My mother remembers it still being the name when she moved here to marry Dad. B'fhéidir go dtiocfadh sé thar n-ais. Maybe it will make a comeback