Dictionary Entry

faoile

all the fore-going names are current in Erris, but are differentiated thus: an fhaoile mhór, great black-back, also in the proverb iasacht a' roilligh gon fhaoile; faoileann in the bird-name seabhac cac faoileann, and in n.l. Carraic na bhFaoileann in Faulmore, off Inishkea North; faoilleán is the usual name for 'sea-gull' in general, in lieu of which faoilhóg is the general word in Dú Chaocháin. seagull