https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/2016-family-history/modules-courses/placenames.html
In essence, Irish placenames were established in the Ordnance Survey in the 1830s. They tried to keep notes on the various names encountered before settling and establishing a spelling.
https://www.logainm.ie/ga/43328
https://www.logainm.ie/en/43335
So Derreentighe really means "Tadhg's woods". "Given the Tadghs in the family, how ironic!
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