Lon dubh: Blackbird

Dreoilín: Wren

Smólach mór: Mistle thrush

Smólach ceoil: Song thrush

Rí rua: Chaffinch (red king)

Lasair choille: Goldfinch (flame/blaze of the forest)

Glasán darach: Greenfinch (darach = of the oak tree)

Cág: Jackdaw

Caróg liath: Grey crow

Cág cosdearg: Chough (red-footed jackdaw)

Scréachóg choille: Jay (shrill-voiced bird of the forest)

 Scréachóg reilige: Barn owl (shrill-voiced bird of the graveyard)

Cruimh chabáiste: Caterpillar (cabbage maggot)

Bóín Dé / bóín samhraidh: Ladybird (little cow of God / little cow of the summer)

Smugairle róin: Jellyfish (seal snot/ spit)

submitted by Cormac Ó Gríofa, Mary O’Leary, Bernadette Watson