Irish Placenames – Logainmneacha
IRISH PLACENAMES – LOGAINMNEACHA Oftentimes on bus tours across the country I am asked to pronounce or explain placenames. This is a very good question as Irish placenames sound gibberish
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How Ireland got its name
IRELAND – ÉIRE Following the failed rebellion of Silken Thomas, the Earl of Kildare, in the 1530s, Henry VIII was declared ‘King of Ireland’. This was done by statute of