a rock. The words are usually applied to large natural rocks, more or less elevated. Carrick and Carrig are the names of numerous districts in Ireland, as well as Carrick in Ayrshire; Carrigafoyle (the rock of the hole, _phoill_), in the Shannon; Carrickaness (of the waterfall); Ballynacarrick (the town of the rocks); Carrigallen, Irish _Carraig-aluinn_ (the beautiful rock); Carrickanoran (the rock of the spring, _uaran_); Carrickfergus (Fergus’s rock), where one Fergus was drowned; Carrick-on-Suir (on the R. Suir); Carriga-howly, Irish _Carraig-an-chobhlaigh_ (the rock of the fleet); Carrickduff (black rock); Carrigeen and Cargan (little rock); Carragh (rocky ground); but Carrick-on-Shannon is not derived from this root--its ancient name was _Caradh-droma-ruise_ (the weir of the marsh ridge); Cerrig-y-Druidion (the rock of the Druids), in Wales. [Sidenote: CARSE,] a term applied in Scotland to low grounds on the banks of rivers; _e.g._ the Carse of Gowrie, Falkirk, Stirling, etc. [Sidenote: CASA (It. and _bas_ Lat.),] a house; _e.g._ Casa-Nova and Casa-Vecchia (new and old house), in Corsica; Casal, Les Casals, Chaise, Les Chaises (the house and the houses), in France; Chassepiare (corrupt. from _Casa-petrea_ (stone house), in Belgium. [Sidenote: CASTEL, CHATEAU, CASTELLO, CASTILLO, CASTELL (Cym.-Cel.),] words in the Romance languages derived from the Lat. _castellum_ (a castle). _Caiseal_, in the Irish language, either cognate with the Lat. word or derived from it, has the same meaning, and is commonly met with in that country under the form of _Cashel_; _e.g._ Cashel, in Tipperary; Cashelfean and Cashelnavean (the fort of the Fenians); _Caislean-n’h-Oghmaighe_, now Omagh (the castle of the beautiful field). It is often changed into the English castle, as in Ballycastle, in Mayo (the town of the fort); but Ballycastle, in Antrim, was named from a modern castle, not from a _caiseal_ or fort; Castle-Dargan (of Lough Dargan); Castlebar, Irish _Caislean-an-Bharraigh_ (the fort of the Barrys); Castle-Dillon, Castle-Dermot, and Castle-Kieran were renamed from castles erected near the hermitages of the monks whose names they bear. Castel, Lat. _Castellum_ (the capital of the Electorate of Hesse-Cassel); Castel Rodrigo (Roderick’s castle), in Portugal; Castel-Lamare (by the sea-shore); Castel-bianco (white castle); Castel del piano (of the plain); Castiglione (little castle), in Italy. In France: Castelnau (new castle); Castelnaudary, anc. _Castrum-novum-Arianiorum_ (the new castle of the Arians, _i.e._ the Goths); Chateaubriant, _i.e._ _Chateau-du-Bryn_ (the king’s castle); Chateau-Chinon (the castle decorated with dogs’ heads); Chateau-Gontier (Gontier’s castle); Chateaulin (the castle on the pool); Chateau-vilain (ugly castle); Chateau-roux, anc. _Castrum-Rodolphi_ (Rodolph’s castle); Chatelandrew (the castle of Andrew of Brittany); Chateaumeillant, anc. _Castrum-Mediolanum_ (the