Iontráil sa Lámhscríbhinn:
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
The Old Sea' is used in English in Belmullet for this part of the sea, and it has been suggested to me that formerly the sea did not come past the line between Cleggan Head and Áird Mhór.
Foirmeacha Gramadaí:
ag a' teann-fharaige, i.e. from Carraic na Seasaraí out; tá faraige mhín sa gcuan (Wm). Others such as Sb interpreted this as a' tsean-fharaige, gen. na sean-fharaige, the old sea.