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Beg Small (in comparison to a nearby feature)

More Big (in comparison to a nearby feature)

Bally, Balli Homestead, or a cluster of Homesteads

Bri Hill Brigh

Carn pile of stones

Dun fortified place Dungannon

Glen valley

Ard Either high place or place of importance Ardstraw

Carick rock

Derry wood of oak trees

Drum ridge Dromore

Kil church or occasionally means wood depending on the which original word it is derived from.

Knock hill

Clagan
The place-name tends just to mean "round hill" (based in the Irish word for a skull, cloigeann) but Seamas O Ceallaigh (Gleanings from Ulster History) pointed out that in Cos Derry/Tyrone it often seems to refer to church land, near the parish church. I'm not yet sure what I make of this.

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Beg	Small (in comparison to a nearby feature)
More	Big (in comparison to a nearby feature)
Bally, Balli	Homestead, or a cluster of Homesteads
Bri	Hill	Brigh
Carn	pile of stones
Dun	fortified place	Dungannon
Glen	valley
Ard	Either high place or place of importance	Ardstraw
Carick	rock
Derry	wood of oak trees
Drum	ridge	Dromore
Kil	church or occasionally means wood depending on the which original word it is derived from.
Knock	hill
Clagan	The place-name tends just to mean "round hill" (based in the Irish word for a skull, cloigeann) but Seamas O Ceallaigh (Gleanings from Ulster History) pointed out that in Cos Derry/Tyrone it often seems to refer to church land, near the parish church. I'm not yet sure what I make of this.