User:Jnestorius/List of shortest placenames in Ireland

There are several places in Ireland which have one- or two-letter names in either the Irish language or the English language.

One letter
There are a few places arguably spelt with one letter:
 * Wood of O, a townland in County Offaly
 * The Vee or Vee Gap, a pass followed by the R668 road between Counties Waterford and Tipperary, is sometimes spelt "the V" or "the 'V'".

Two letters
The following compound names consist of a two-letter specific element followed by a generic element; the generic element may sometimes be omitted:
 * Bo Hill
 * Bo Island
 * Go Island
 * Ow River, joins the Derry Water at Aughrim, County Wicklow
 * Ox Island
 * Ox Mountains (or Slieve Gamph)

Three letters
Among many three-letter places are the settlements of Coa, County Fermanagh; Emo, County Laois; Moy, County Tyrone; Spa, County Down; Spa, County Kerry.

One letter
The island of Iona in Scotland is called Í in Irish. It is Ì in the closely related Scottish Gaelic, generally lengthened to Ì Chaluim Chille ("Ì of Colm Cille") to avoid confusion.

Two letters

 * Lé (Lea) a monument,, townland and civil parish in Portnahinch barony, County Laois
 * Lú (Louth) a county (County Louth), village (Louth, County Louth), electoral district, barony, and civil parish
 * Dú (Hurcle) a townland in Tullyallen civil parish, Slane Upper barony, County Meath
 * Sí (Shee), a townland in Tedavnet civil parish, Monaghan barony, County Monaghan

Two letters plus article
These names have a masculine noun of two letters preceded by the definite article An:

Two letters plus article plus lenition
These names have a feminine noun of two letters preceded by the definite article An. The citation form is the nominative case, in which the noun is lenited. In modern orthography, h is added after the initial consonant, which is thus written with three letters. (In Gaelic type, lenition was shown dot over the letter instead.) The genitive case has two letters (e.g. an Mhí="Meath">na Mí="of Meath").


 * An Bhá (Bay)
 * An Bhó (The Cow Island)
 * An Bhó (Cow Rock)
 * An Ché (Quay)
 * An Ché (The Quay)
 * An Ché (The Quay)
 * An Mhí (Meath)