that place."

_Circles of Gomer_ (London, 1771), contains as follows:--

"Ar, and Ararat.--The Earth, country, or upon and on the earth
... _Armagh_ on the surrounding water confines."

M. Bullet, _Mémoires de la Langue Celtique_, writes thus:--

"Armagh, Une des plus anciennes villes d'Irland. _Ar_, article.
_Mag_, ville."--vol. i.

But the 2nd and 3rd vols. of these _Mémoires_, which contain the Celtic
Dictionary, afford a more probable interpretation:--

"_Ar_ or _Ard_ signifies a height, mountain, hill, {219}
elevation, the highest, noble, chief, &c. &c., and _Ar_ in
Hebrew, Chaldean, and Armenian, has the same meaning. _Magh_ is
a field, a plain, ground, &c., as well as a town, dwelling, &c."

Now, the topographical description of the county of Armarh is that it is
_hilly_, and the hills (not very high) are of granite rock. The town of
Armagh again is described as situated on an _eminence_. I suggest,
therefore, _the high field_ or ground, or _the field of the Hill_, or
the dwelling or town of the Hill, as very natural derivations.

If your correspondent prefers it, _Ar_ bears also the signification of
_rock_, and M. Bullet says:--

"Ce terme nous a été conservé dans la Vie de Saint Colomb."