Fáilte chuig ár sraith nua, ‘Logainm na Míosa’, áit a mbeidh na scéalta iontacha taobh thiar de roinnt des na logainmneacha is suimiúla agus is neamhghnáiche i bPort Láirge á roinnt againn libh.
Lomán carriage ar bharr na haille siar ó shráidbhaile na hAirde Móire i gCo. Phort Láirge is ea ‘Cloch (nó Croch) an Oidhre’. Tugann an Canónach de Paor an míniú seo a leanas ar bhunús an ainm ina leabhar The Place-Names of Decies (eag. 1952):
“The name is accounted for as follows. A young man, the heir of considerable property, had gained a certain lady’s affections. A jealous and disappointed rival contrived at a ball to put, by stealth into the young man’s pocket, a gold cup, which he then accused him of stealing. The accused fled on horseback and, being pursued, jumped his horse over the Faill Fhada*, calculating that the animal would fail to clear the chasm and that both would be killed. The horse, however jumped the opening and landed on a piece of earth-covered rock at the other side. Here the young man took refuge in a cave, but was tracked by bulldogs, taken finally, and hanged at this place!”
* Faill Fhada = the long cliff
Croch an Oidhre: The ledge on the cliff where it is believed young Costin lost his life as he tried to hide and escape on his horse from his pursuers.
Tugann Liam Suipéil leagan saghas éagsúil, nach bhfuil chomh rómánsúil, den scéal céanna ina leabhar The Personality of a Coastline (2019, lth 113):
“The name relates to a member of the Costen family who owned the adjacent lands in the mid-17th century. The head of the household had died in Youghal and his son and heir left his father’s deathbed to return to his property at Ardoginna. The land agent had interest in the lands and placed some silverware in the saddle bags of the son and then set the authorities of the time after him. Nearing home, the son realised he was being chased and fled to the cliffs and onto this rock, which he tried to access but failed, and was hanged by the reins when he fell from his horse. Another version claims that he had been captured and hanged at this spot.”
Tagann an leagan atá ag Liam ó aiste de chuid Frances Gerard dar teideal ‘The Romance of the Coghlans of Ardo’, a foilsíodh i 1895 sa leabhar Some Celebrated Irish Beauties of the Last Century. London: Ward & Downey, lth 230-247.
Léiríonn na leaganacha éagsúla den scéal tragóideach seo an nádúr a bhaineann le traidisiún na mbéaloideasa, nuair a roinntear scéalta ó bhéal ó ghlúin go glúin. Cé gur tháinig roinnt leaganacha éagsúla den scéal chun cinn thar na mblianta, tá cúpla téama bunúsach i gceist i gcónaí, ar nós cumhacht na talún agus an ghrá, a spreagann daoine chun dul thar fóir, uaireanta. Anuas air sin, d’fhan bun-fhíric amháin i mbéal agus in aigne na ndaoine, a bhuíochas don logainm “Cnoc an Oidhre”, sé sin bás an oidhre ar an láthair áirithe seo. Caomhnaíonn an logainm an ceangal áitiúil agus an t-uaigneas de bharr bhás an oidhre, agus é crochta, seans, san áit seo. Mar sin, is sampla iontach é “Cnoc an Oidhre” de luach na logainmneacha mar fhoinse stair agus oidhreacht áitiúil.
Nóta: Tagann ainm an bhaile fearainn, ‘Ard Ó gCinneá’ ón ainm treabhchais Uí Chinneá (gin. Ó gCinneá) (https://www.logainm.ie/ga/50547?s=ardoginna), nó de réir an Chanónach de Paor, “O’Kinny’s or Kenna’s Height”, ag tagairt do thiarnaí talún na háite, is dócha.
