Irish placenames bring you on a journey trying to get to the bottom of them. Or just glory in the sheer madness of them, writes Colm O'Regan

A single six-seater in 2014, the Kanturk-Mallow municipal district will be two separate electoral areas this time around.

THERE’S a blunt honesty in the naming of one of the most exclusive addresses in East Cork’s Carrigtwohill: it’s called the Bog Road.

Estate agent Liam Murphy guides the extremely well kept home, one whose design has stood the test of time, at €285,000, the price of a city semi-d.