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  POLL, POL, POUL. -POLL, POL, and POUL are anglicised forms of the Irish poll, " a hole," " pool " or " pit," as Pollaphuca, poll a'puca, " the hole of the pooka or demon." The word polly according to O'Reilly's dictionary, also signifies " a pole measure of land." The names of over 230 Townlands commence with one or other of these words. A similar word, poll, is found in Scotch Gaelic, as Polbeith," the pool of the birch tree " Edinburgh. In Manx " a puddle " " a foul lake " or " mire " is powll or poyll, as Pooyllbreinn, " stagnant pool." Compare Welsh pwll, Cornish pol, and Breton poull.