3. “OSRAGH, derived from _Uys raigagh_, or the kingdom between the waters, the present Ossory, called also Hy Paudruig, or the district of the country between the rivers, &c., the hereditary chiefs of which were denominated _Giolla Paudruig_, or the chief of the country between the rivers, called also _Mac Giolla Padruic_,” &c. This seems an exquisite specimen of etymological induction, and I have often heard it praised as beautiful and ingenious; but it happens that every assertion made in it is untrue! _Osragii_ is not the Irish name of this territory, but the Latinized form of the name of the inhabitants. Again, _Osragii_ is not compounded of _Uys_ and _raigagh_; and even if it were, these two vocables are not Irish words, and could not mean what is above asserted, the kingdom between the waters. Again, Ossory was never called _Hy Pau-druic_, and even if it were, _Hy Pau-druic_ would not mean “district of the country between the rivers.” Next, the hereditary chiefs were not denominated _Giolla Paudruic_, but _Mic Giolla Paudruic_ (a name afterwards anglicized Fitzpatrick), from an ancestor called _Giolla Paudruic_, who was chief of Ossory in the tenth century, and who is mentioned in all the authentic Irish annals as having been killed by Donovan, the son of Imar, king of the Danes of Waterford, in the year 975. Moreover, _Giolla-Phadruic_, the name of this chieftain, does not mean “chief of the country between the rivers,” as Mr Beauford would have us believe, but _servant of Saint Patrick_, which, as a man’s name, became very common in Ireland shortly after the introduction of Christianity, for at this time the Irish were accustomed to give their children names not only after the Irish apostle, but also after other distinguished saints of the primitive Irish church; and the names of these saints were not at this period adopted as the names of the children, but the word _Giolla_, or _Maol_, servant, was generally prefixed to the names of the saints to form those of the children: thus, _Giolla Padruic_, the servant of St Patrick; _Giolla Ciarain_, the servant of St Kieran; _Giolla Caoimhghin_, the servant of St Kevin; _Giolla Coluim_, the servant of St Columb, &c. 4. “CONMAICNE MARA, or the chief tribe on the great sea, comprehending the western parts of the county of Galway on the sea coast; it was also called _Conmaicne ira_, or the chief tribe in the west, and _Iar Connaught_, that is, west Connaught; likewise _Hy Iartagh_, or the western country: the chiefs of which were denominated Hy Flaherty or O’Flaherty, that is, the chief of the nobles of the western country, and containing the present baronies of Morogh, Moycullen, and Ballinahinch.”