Carrick-a-Rede
Carrick-a-Rede is small island off the mainland in County Antrim. It is famous for its rope bridge that connects the island to the mainland.Â
There are several suggestions for its toponomy, one of which being Carraig a' RĂĄid, meaning "rock of the casting". This is given by logainm.ie, although it does note that this is unverified. It has also been translated as Carraig a' RĂłid, or "rock of the road".Â
An alternative put forth by Professor Greg Toner in Ainm 9 (2008), pp. 65-71 is Carraig Dhroichid, or ârock of a bridgeâ.Â
The name would make more sense as Carraig na Dhroichid, since it would then mean "rock of the bridge". Because it was first erected by salmon fishermen, who would traverse across with boxes of salmon caught off the island, Toner suggested that it would make more sense that the name had been shortened, possibly from something like Carraig Dhroichid na mBradån (Rock of the Bridge of Salmon).
