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And if you see one or many funny city names that are just dying for a tank top design let us know that too. Heavenstown Wexford A glorious place to live.
Craponne-sur-Arzon Sur Arzon must be having a bad day.
Funny place names in ireland. Here are some of the places that were suggested. Heavenstown Wexford A glorious place to live. Bastardstown Wexford A not so glorious place to live.
Horetown Wexford Only a 30 minute drive to Bastardstown coincidentally. Fannystown Wexford Wexford really does like its quirky names. Just one of a host of fart-themed locations in Cavan.
Just try Googling Cum Mayo and imagine what the residents suffer every day. And right next to the miserable sounding Dampstown both in you guessed it Co. Dripsey Castle doesnt look too shabby.
The word comes from the Irish Druipseach meaning muddy river a distant cousin of Blues legend Muddy Waters. Well to be fair whoever is listening wasnt wrong. Ireland also has its fair share of funny and rude sounding place names as suggested by the listeners of The Early Breakfast.
Cockhill Road Stamullen Co. Meath - there are a number of cocks in Irish place names. Shercok a town in Co.
Cavan and Kilcock in Co. Kildare which is about 40 km of the Dublin suburb. Ireland is full of magical places but it is also home to some questionable place names.
Some of these must have been a joke to begin with but have. Arguably the most legendary of all absurd Irish placenames the Donegal village of Muff is not far from the border and forms part of the Wild Atlantic Way but has often shot to. Welcome to the Placenames Database of Ireland developed by Gaois Fiontar Scoil na Gaeilge DCU and The Placenames Branch Department of Tourism Culture Arts Gaeltacht Sport and Media.
15 funniest named towns and places in Ireland - Busiest place in Irelandis Rush. Busiest place in Ireland. Its Rush see above.
Yes thats right its Boston Co Clare. Its a tiny place with the rather macabre Irish name Móinín na gCloigeann meaning little meadow of the skulls. Its probable that the English name was an ironic nickname that stuck.
Meaning little rock Carrigan is a townland in County Cavan. Not to be mistaken with the common Irish surname Corrigan this place name has also inspired a first name that has gained popularity in North America. Etymology Names of Irish Gaelic origin.
For most of the Gaelic period there were very few towns or large settlements in IrelandHence most places were named after noteworthy features of the landscape such as hills rocks valleys lakes islands and harbours. An unusual case of a place name with two double meanings. A municipality in Prince Edward Island.
An unincorporated community in Maryland. Craponne-sur-Arzon Sur Arzon must be having a bad day. Village in Devon United Kingdom.
A small village in County Westmeath Ireland Crookston. A small settlement in New Zealand. Wonder what the crime rate is there.
The Worlds Most Funny City Names. I suppose its possible that weve forgotten one or two of the worlds most funny city names. If you know this to be true please leave a hint at what were missing in the comments below.
And if you see one or many funny city names that are just dying for a tank top design let us know that too. Funny Place Names In Ireland Free PDF eBooks. Posted on July 19 2015.
A must see tourist destination especially if your name is Craig. The Giants Ring Co Antrim. Have you ever been up the Giants Ring.
Its a magnificent prehistoric site but the archaeologists that named it should have thought of something that caused less sniggering at The Ulster Fry offices. Semicock Road Ballymoney Co Antrim.