Carraigín—the little stone
The name
Place names in rural Ireland often come from a single distinguishing feature: a tree, a stone, a ford, a fort, something visible enough that people could say "meet me at the carraigín" and everyone would know where to go. Most of these features are gone now, washed away or forgotten or simply indistinguishable from everything else. The name remains, orphaned, holding the memory of something no longer obvious. Carraigín means "the little stone." Whether it was a standing stone, a boundary marker, a peculiar geological outcrop, or something else entirely, only the name knows now.