Strange Words and Terms You may have come across words like adventurer, Planter, Pale, townland, Brehon and other strange-sounding names during your research of Irish ancestors and wondered what they meant. A new page to be added to my website shortly should provide some help if you would like to know the meaning of those strange words you encounter from time to time: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ireland/glossary.htm