As an alternate etymology, [[Anna Maria Hall]] and [[Patrick Weston Joyce]] have written that the name may have derived from the wood being sourced from forest land in the village or [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Shillelagh (barony)|Shillelagh, County Wicklow]]. The geographic name Shillelagh derives from {{lang|ga|Síol Éalaigh}}, or "Descendants of Éalach" in English.{{sfn|Hall|1841|p=426 note}}{{sfn|Hurley|2007|p=119}}{{sfn|Oxford English Dictionary|1989|loc="shillelagh"|ps=: "Etymology: [..] the name of a barony and village in Co. Wicklow [..] 1785 F. Grose ''Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue'', ''Shillaley'', an oaken sapling, or cudgel, (Irish) from wood of that name famous for its oaks"}}{{sfn|Etymology Online|loc="shillelagh (n.)"|ps=: "1772, "cudgel," earlier, "oak wood used to make cudgels" (1670s), from ''Shillelagh'', town and barony in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its oaks"}}

 

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