‘The barony of Gaultiérre the extreme eastern barony of the County of Waterford takes its name from two Irish words, called Tire-na-Gaul, i. e. the land of foreigners; this being among the early settlements of the English in Ireland;’ so says Dr. Smith, History of Waterford, p. 83.—C. Gaultier is the French for Walter; may it not refer to the Fitz-Walters? who in Henry II. and Richard I.'s time spoke nothing but French.—M.