ionad tighe = the site of a house. Ta alt mo choise as ionad. = My ankle is dislocated. ionad mo láimhe = where I could grasp with my hand. Ní raibh sé ann mar "position", .i. "post".
in phr. i n-ionad, at the end of: bhí sé feadh bliana ag muintir na bruíne, agus annsin bhí a bhean le goil a' pósadh i n-ionad (n)a bliana, at the end of the year, when the year was up