bawn79 Oct 20, 2012

thesweetcheat Oct 21, 2012 15:27

This looks a great site, but oddly off-putting too, can't quite say why.

bladup Oct 21, 2012 17:14

Cause there could be a staring sheep behind the stone for all you know!

thesweetcheat Oct 21, 2012 17:21

Ha, perhaps that's it.

ryaner Oct 21, 2012 19:02

Actually, more like staring pigs – Foilnamuck = Faill na muc = cliff (or stone) of the pigs :-)

thesweetcheat Oct 21, 2012 19:06

Brilliant, I like that. Actually, staring animals aside, it's always great to hear info about what place names mean like that.

bladup Oct 21, 2012 19:25

Ha ha, Muck really means pig? That's great as i've wondered where the word muck comes from.

bawn79 Oct 22, 2012 19:40

No sheep or pigs but the stone certainly looks as if it was picked because of its unusual shape or perhaps sculpted.