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Some of the longest and strangest place names in Ireland From Galways Glassillaunvealnacurra to Waterfords Scartnadrinymountain these are the among the longest place names in Ireland. Home Ireland the Irish Irish Place Names Odd Unusual Irish Place Names.
Some of the longest and strangest place names in Ireland From Galways Glassillaunvealnacurra to Waterfords Scartnadrinymountain these are the among the longest place names in Ireland.
Unusual place names in ireland. Ireland is a glorious little country. Were the land of saints and scholars. The land of forty shades of green.
And the land of very odd place names. While Muff in Donegal gets most of the publicity our island is also home to the more hidden gems of Killywilly and Bastardstown. There are some very unusual place names in Ireland.
Many are located along the remote hiking trails around Ireland. So here are our favorite crazy Irish place names celebrating the weird the whacky and the wonderful. Carraigin na gCailleach Dubh.
Home Ireland the Irish Irish Place Names Odd Unusual Irish Place Names. Odd Unusual Irish Place Names. Some of these we mentioned on the first page of this series of articles others are names that have unexpected meaning or hide interesting stories.
A small village in County Limerick. The unusual name comes from the Irish An tÁth Leacach meaning the flagged ford but to be honest we have no idea what that means either. Placenames In Ireland loyalty to a place of origin is unusually strong.
The history of that loyalty goes back thousands of years as reflected in the vast collection of traditional place-name lore dinnseanchas stories explaining how townlands and parishes got their names. Current database contents. 61126 townlands 38045 streets 3471 electoral districts 2654 minor features 2563 civil parishes 2321 population centres 1950 lakes 1291 islands and archipelagos 1173 rocks 1013 rivers 862 sub-townlands 803 hills 790 towns 695 fields 635 mountains and mountain ranges 618 bridges 522 wells 424 houses 416 creeks.
Yes these are all real places that somewhere in the UK. And better yet this is only a small selection for more on weird and rude place names have a look at the following books. The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain.
Hoo Howe Ware Wye and Wem weird wonderful and wacky British place names. Some of the longest and strangest place names in Ireland From Galways Glassillaunvealnacurra to Waterfords Scartnadrinymountain these are the among the longest place names in Ireland. Funny Place Names in Australia Tees Funny Town Name in Austria Germany France India Hell Norway T-shirts Funny Towns in Ireland Scotland UK T-shirts.
The origin and meaning of place names in Ireland can be tricky to decipher but they are a vivid reminder of our varied past with names of Gaelic Anglo-Norman English Scottish and even Viking origin. Because many were translated phonetically into English it can take a little detective work to get to their meaning but doing so can reveal a lot about the place that bears the name. Ailill Aye-lil - An unusual baby name taken from an early Irish king meaning elf or sprite.
Lugh Lou - A Celtic Sun God and father of Cú Chulainn meaning light or brightness. Ailbhe AL-vyeh - A cute and unique taken from an Irish Saint meaning world king.