Help me name a house

[TownHallDesigner]

Just bought a house in a rural area. Typically, the address is shared amongst a number of other houses in the same location and a few of them also have names so thinking of naming ours too so it has a more dedicated address (though obviously it has an Eircode).

Any ideas? It’s not near any particular geographical points of interest so things like Riverview are out. The garden is basically just a field at the minute so can’t call it The Oaks etc. because we don’t have any!

Don’t like punny names like Dunroman.

What house names do you know and love?

Housey McHouseface

I drove past a cottage recently called Mycottage which although unimaginative was rather sweet.

Greenfields
Sunshine House
Pleasantville
The Grey House
Something flower cottage and then plant loads of it eg tulips

Do you have a favourite book? Something from there maybe?

"The Burrow"
"Pemberley"
"Pantalaimon"

Toadhall

What’s the townland called? Or neighbouring townlands? Get an ordnance survey map and have a look around for features, like a ringfort or crossroad name? What trees are on the road nearby?

I used to live in an old RIC barracks, and my address was Old RIC Barracks, Townland, Nearest Town etc. And some friends moved into what had been the parish priest’s house before the parish got cut back to a single priest, and their house is still universally known as the Priest’s House, Townland, although the last priest moved out in about 1986.

Forgot to mention, looking for something with more of an Irish slant, but doesn’t have to be in Irish.

My mum named our childhood home after her favourite place in Ireland that she had visited. Somewhere you've enjoyed visiting on holiday?

Fwiw this might be outing but it's Knockbreda, I must go one day.

Greenfields

Abhaile

Teach Townhalldesigner or whatever your name is in RL would be pretty easy, or 'Teach' whatever, colour or landscape depending on house or location.

Name of a bird? Goldfinch Cottage/ Wren House/Starlings?

gan ainm

There's a house called Cluainín (Clooneen) near me. I think it means 'little field' which might be suitable as you're rural and your garden is currently a field

Or if your townland is Anglicised you could tweak the name or part of it back to its original Irish.

Mag Mell?

I know someone who named their house after the townland where they grew up.

As in if you grew up in a townland called Kilbeg, your new house could be Kilbeg House, Ballykillferret, Bigtown, Co. Whatever.

@nocoolnamesleft

Mag Mell?

You called?

The townland idea is a good one.

As long as you didnt grow up in the next one over

Abhaile would be my choice too

'An Goirtín Eorna'...the little field of barley.
It's the name of an Irish slow air.
Also the name of a townland in Co. Longford.

Fav holiday place,name of home street/Town or just leave it for a year or two and see what you like most ?

Seamus

'Suaimhneas'...'peace'

'Aisling'...'dream'.

Re my previous post, I would drop the 'an'. Just 'Goirtín Eorna'.

Tonelagee "Thóin le Gaoith" Arse to the wind in English. Means a protected place.

My favourite house name near me is Bel Éire.

As a cyclist my favourite house name is Hillcrest, it'll be downhill after I've passed that gate.

'Faoin Tuath'...'In the countryside' (!)