Poll an Daimh

[Gombo]

A Chairde,

Cad tá i gceist le Damh sa chás so?

1. Ox
2. Stag
3. Strong man / Champion
4. Corpulent person

[corcadorca]

Nílim cinnte cad atá i gceist agatsa, a Ghombo a chara!

Is eisceacht é uimhir a 2. tosc gur

1. 'Damh' (an ainimh fhéin),
3.- laoch comh laidir le...
4 murtallach comh ramhar le... (cé gúr usáidfinn fhéin 'muc' sa gcomhteacs sin)


... 5. Cabóg/Ceannaire Fhíanna Fáíl

[Míshásta]

Déarfainn gur ox nó stag atá i gceist.

Níl sna focail; champion agus 'fat person' ach fáthchiall.

Tá aithne agam ar fhear atá ina chónai ar Bhóthar Pholl an Daimh, tá sé ag titim go mór chun feola. Ach go bhfios dom bhí ainm na háite ann i bhfad roimhe.

[corcadorca]

Ah, tuigim anois. Pouladuff atá i gceist, gabh mo leisceal is damh mé comh maith! Seo duit:

Pol a’dubh: This may often be taken as “the black hole” but in fact it could be “Poll a’duibh” which probably meant it was associated with the Devil (An Dubh). There is a townland in Kenmare Parish called Sliabh a’Duibh and it is not “the black hill” but “the Devil’s hill”. Another possibility is that it is Poll a’daimh or the hole of the ox.