What Do the Names of Ireland's 32 Counties Mean?
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- The Origins of the Names of Ireland's 32 Counties!
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Donegal
00:40 - Derry
01:04 - Down
01:11 - Armagh
01:24 - Tyrone
01:40 - Fermanagh
01:50 - Monaghan
01:59 - Cavan
02:11- Louth
02:34 - Meath
02:50 - Westmeath
02:57 - Longford
03:09 - Offaly
03:28 - Laois
03:42 - Kilkenny
03:56 - Wexford
04:14 - Carlow
04:21 - Kildare
04:27 - Wicklow
04:43 - Dublin
05:45 - Kerry
06:03 - Cork
06:20 - Waterford
06:56 - Tipperary
07:07 - Limerick
07:17 - Clare
07:27 - Galway
07:37 - Mayo
07:48 - Sligo
07:58 - Leitrim
08:05 - Roscommon
08:19 - Outro
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Thanks for this, I'm Irish and didn't know the translation of most of the 32 counties. This is the type of stuff that should be taught in school, so interesting 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great but it was taught at School but always great to have a reminder had forgotten most.
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Would like to see more for sure. I can see that Tolkien took a lot of inspiration from Irish language and I can see why,it is just mesmerising. It have affected me ex pat Croatian aswell. Love Ireland
I've been meaning to do a video on this. Tolkien especially took inspiration for Lord of the Rings from the Burren in Clare. There is a cave called Pol na Gollum (Hole of Gollum).
Poll na gColm pigeon hole/ pool
Same with the Witcher books, mainly takes from Welsh for Elvish languages but there are plenty of similarities to Irish in there too along with the Skellige isles
U forgot galway
Pozdrav zemljače 😊
Love how much history we have on such a small island. I'd love to see a series breaking down the time of the various invasions.
Just to note with Carlow. Ceatharlach is considered to be derived from the old Irish place name Ceatharlach, meaning 'four lakes' or 'city on the lakes'
Ceithre loch makes sense, but I’ve also heard that Wicklow and Carlow come from the same Viking word, uicearlow or something like that
I've seen both for the county, I think it means the ‘place of cattle (or) herds’. Check out this article
www.logainm.ie/en/100004
'The underlying word, spelled cethir in Old Irish, means a four-footed animal and is of the same origin as the numeral ceathair “four”. The suffix -lach conveys the meaning ‘place of’ rather than ‘lake’.
@@interestingeireit means four lakes even though there’s only one left. It says it further down in that article aswell
@@interestingeire Bothar is the Gaelic for roads which comes from cow track
Bo is Gaelic for cow
Also funny I always thought Louth was an Lú because it was the smallest county! But being named after Lugh makes more sense. (I think a teacher even pointed it out, but she may have just been pointing out the coincidence rather than attaching meaning)
I really enjoyed this. I'm Scottish, my Dad's family were from Offaly (Edenderry) and I married a Donegal girl (Ballyshannon.) I love the country and it was nice to learn about all of the place names. I've been to them all except Co.Kerry. Lucky Kerry. Very interesting video.
kerry is called after ciar .who was a son of the king of ulster.
settled in the northern part of the county around 100 ad.,that is from the river maine to the shannon.
I love to pass on how amazing the people and places of Ireland are to my daughter. You capture and convey it well. Please continue to enlighten us.
Great video, would like to see more about the history of each county!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it, and great idea for video such a rich history for each county.
Me too! I studied early Irish history in university but have forgotten most of it. It blew my mind the first time I saw all the small kingdoms of the 10th century.
The names of the 32 counties mean variations on "This land belongs to Great Britain."
The artwork used to illustrate the counties is great. Midjourney yes? Did you generate them yourself? They'd be lovely to see larger somewhere!
Excellent video also. Kerry man myself!
Cheers man, yeah I made the illustrations using Midjourney, I'll look into a way to share them in high res 👍
Was about to ask the same thing. The landscapes were class. Reminded me of Japanese woodblock or lino prints.
Agreed... good short video nicely "rendered". Like a good appetiser before a meal out... gives you the "taste buds" to want more.
A series on Irish mythology would be good, lots a great stories linked to towns and county’s
Solid video thank you
Cheers lad
Very interesting I am from Kilkenny myself.. Thanks for sharing this video.
This just came up for me. Not Irish but try to watch random but interesting things, very interesting. I did watch a video about a year ago about language, it covered a lot of Irish surnames which had a lot of Scandinavian roots. Glad I watched this.
Thanks lad glad you enjoyed it
Very interesting, well done.
An interesting fact is that the whole of county Derry and Inishowen was also in the kingdom of Tyrone in various stages of history. The original "Cenal Eoghain" was Inishowen and North county Derry.
Another story I read was that Offaly is named after the kingdom of Uibh Fhaili but only a small region of the county was actually in that kingdom. The neighbouring counties were in that kingdom.
Then there is Meath, it gets its name from the old kingdom but that was much larger than the county of Meath.
Technically there has never been a County Derry. It was created with the name County Londonderry. It was created at the same time the city of Derry was renamed to Londonderry. Most of the county was originally called County Coleraine and bits were taken from other counties to make County Londonderry (personally I don't have a strong view on the name to use)
Yeah the Uí Failghe tuath was only partly in Offaly over beside Edenderry. Most of it was in Kildare. By contrast, all of South Offaly, and most of the Shannon Shore of Offaly was all in the tuath of Éile Uí Cearbhaill (Ely O'Carroll). The very North of Tipperary was Éile Uí Fhógartaigh (Ely O'Fogarty), ruled by a distantly related group. Both named after their ruling families. Honestly I'd prefer if South and West Offaly seceeded and founded our own County called Éile/Ely. And if North Tipp wants to join us I'd be all for it. We in the South of the County have nothing in common with those in the North East. They're mostly Dubs that got priced out and still commute back into the City.
@gi7kmc there is no need to call it anything other than Derry. You're right about the history with County Coleraine, but there's no reason to add London to derry. Everyone from derry just says derry
We are having our daughter memorize the 32 counties of Ireland this year in our homeschool, so I’ll definitely use this with her!
Ah I remember doing that in school, glad this video will help ☺️
The occupied county's is fat dad. Fermanagh antrim Tyrone derry armagh down.
@@interestingeireI had to do them in Irish and English 😌
Love the AI artwork.. master of the image prompt
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Fantastic video. Very educational. It's so important we keep our history alive and videos like this help do just that. I've also learned new information about my home county of Carlow thanks to your video and helpful comment and link you provided to another viewer.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely video. How about another on the history of common Irish names?
That's a great idea thanks
Do you mean the rough ones 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣☘️🇮🇪
Very interesting. My great grandmother was from Birr in Co Offaly.
I've always found Irish place names fascinating, and wondered about the story behind them, such as "Aill na Cloigeann"; Skull Cliff, or "Gort na Folla"; the Field of Blood. But my favourite is a small townland near where I used to live in Connemara; Seannadh Pheistín; which means "The Congress of Little Worms". Where'd that come from?
My favorite place name might be the village of Kilnaboy in county Clare, or Cill Iníone Bhaoithe (Church of the Crazy Daughters). It might reference an early Christian Church (that's still there, including a carved image of Síle ní Gigh, with her vagina spread wide). After More papal influence the Gaelic church banned women from owning property except for if they were nuns, so Kilnaboy may be a reminder of one of the last women who built a church to hold fast to their independence.
@@cooldaddy2877 Ah thank you! I knew there were little worms involved somewhere!
West man here, great video, god bless you for making this informative content!! Interesting Eire Abú!!
I wanna ask you if I could sample this video for a house/hip-hop remix, with credit non0profit (I wish ahha we'd both make grade then ahahhah) cheers great craic
Ní ceart go cuir le Chéile
Slán abhaile x
Sure lad fire away, share it with me when you are done 🙏
Great video! 👌
Great, loved your video!
Brilliant video, thank you
Excellent video - thanks! An idea might be about common Irishman surnames and how they were anglicised?
Great suggestion!
Love it
Although I was already aware of some of these it was great to see them all put together in an excellent and concise video.
As a Swede (so a tiny bit Viking) living now for 16 years in this beautiful country, I learned a lot I did not know from this. One thing I did know, is I chose the right county to live in. Among the green plains and yew trees. ^^
Excellent Video. Would love to see a video of the deities of each area. 💚
Thanks and great suggestion, I'll look into that.
At 0.09, invasion was from the British not solely the English with many Scots moving to Northern Ireland.
That was really interesting, really enjoyed this video
Brilliant video!
The artwork youve put together for this video is beautiful
Many thanks for this valuable information- great video !
Excellent- very informative 🎉🎉
Loved these explanations! Thank you!
Glad you liked it 😊
This is fantastic! Great work!
Éirinn go Brách
Good content man, well done. Hugh of the Ui Neill
I would love to read a book on all this 😊 - thanks for sharing!
Exellent video, many thanks 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks 😊
Very enjoyable, you have a new subscriber.
Thankyou, great education of the counties
Wonderful video
I learn something new every day great video thanks for the upload
Glad to hear it, thanks
Fascinating stuff. Thank you for sharing
thanks
Nicely done and interesting as well. Keep up the good work 👍
Cheers
Excellent work I really appreciate it, thank you
Thanks
Great video, love the pictures.
Glad you like them!
For a "blowin" living in Galway, I loved this info. Can you make a video on Brehon Law ( what it stands for) and the families trees of that times having an impact on this. I do understand it connects with the Ubuntu way of life of the acien South African ways. I understand Brehon Law was looked up to as an example across the world and well respected in the old world of fine balance between the people and land. Thank you, I am looking forward to more of your work since I just found you ❤
Excellently presented
Cheers
fantastic video. thanks very much. ❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, very interesting and educational. Thank you.
Cheers
Born and raised here, yet most of this was brand new information to me. Wonderfully interesting!
Excellent video lad. Loved it. Defo subscribing to the channel.
Cheer lad thanks for the sub
Very interesting thanks
You should have more subs! Loved this, clear speaking explanation. Thank you. Subbed 👍
Thanks for the sub
Great video, most interesting. I'm visiting Cork next month, looking forward to it.
Hope you enjoy it!
This is class, please keep these videos up 🙌 also, I knew there was a reason I once called a Cork woman a Swamp Donkey 🤷♂️😅
I take it you didn't score that neet😂
Very interesting and informative video and beautiful images of the country. Thank you for your efforts and creativity.❤
Thanks for the lovely feedback
wow fantastic video i love seeing videos about our history, thanks for all teh effort put into this one 👌
Glad you enjoyed it
This is a fantastic video extremely well put together and presented. The content is very interesting and informative and the beautiful pictures and music gave it a lovely depth and dynamic. Very educational and entertaining. Thank you.☺ 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍☺
Thanks a million 😊
Great stuff. Very interesting. I've lived in Cavan for most of my half century on this earth and did not know the meaning of it's name. Thanks for this.
Nice work :)
Thanks 😁
I love your video. Keep your videos coming I’ve subscribed. It’s very interesting your interpretations of the names of the counties.
Thank you! Will do!
@@interestingeire I’m down from Wexford in the sunny south east
McCarthy, from County Cork in the Kingdom of Munster.
What a terrific vid. I’m always interested to learn more about the country of my ancestry.
Glad I could help
great vid man
Cheers man
Unsurprising how homophonic the Irish pronunciation sounds to our Welsh place names; very interesting especially when compared to our own Viking influence, like, Milfordhaven (Mile Fjord Haven), Haverfordwest (Haven Fjord in the West) & Fishguard (Fish enclosure). The Vikings didn`t settle much in the area controlled by the descendants of the Silurians, Swansea (Swain`s fortress) being at the very western edge of their traditional territory, so the names are mainly Welsh east of the Neath river except where they are industrial era new-builds and have been anglicised for commercial reasons - Bombay instead of Mumbai; Peking instead of Beijing etc.
Fascinating Insight to amazing history
Excellent
Excellent!
Many thanks!
Really good video maith thú!
GRMA
County Tipperary was actually named after Tipperary town, which obviously got its name from the explanation from the video.
This was very interesting video and great short but clear, detailed explanations.
Love this video jsut did a reaction to it!! really informative!!
living in galway my whole life didnt know it ment shtony!! hahah
Glad you liked the vid, can you link my channel and video in the description of your reaction? Sound
OH YEAH!! i got you!! of course great video man appericate it!!@@interestingeire
This is amazing and helpful! Go raibh maith agat!
GRMA
An exquisite video indeed.
Very good video, very very good. I appreciated all the different versions of the names. If you haven't done it already (This is the first video of yours I have seen), a video explaining common town names nd their relation to Irish words would be great. One example is cnoc towns and villages. It's a good way I've found to help people learn Irish.
Great job!
Thanks, and great suggestion I'll have to do a video on that in the future
I believe the foreigners referred to in donegal were the gallowglass from scotland not the vikings. I could be wrong but all the gallowglass were based in donegal.
Thanks for putting this up. I was chatting only yesterday about the etymology of Kilkenny and I thought Kill was from Coill or wood, I hadn’t realised it was a church. I’d love to know the pre-Christian names.
A lot of people say Killarney means the church of the sloes , but forest of the sloes makes more sense . I think “kill” could mean forest or church
@@paulmcgrath6118 I'm not Irish, but I understand that it refers to a settlement having formed around or at the location of a monk's cell or habitation
I have lived for 17 years now on this emerald isle. Very interesting video here.
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Leitrim being a grey ridge is just perfection
I read an Article recently that said that Limerick, was Luimneach or Leim na Manach, or Horses leap, referring to a shallows in the river where people could cross. I think it was in the limerick post newspaper
Really cool thanks for sharing, very similar to Dublin then
Once read that Limerick came from Norse word Lime -Rick meaning rich or fertile land
Dia Duit. I just discovered your channel. I am hoping you have something about family crests. Mine (Reilly) is an interesting one.
Good stuff.
Thanks!
Well, what a coincidence, i recently read a wiki article about Laval Graf Nugent von Westmeath which was an officer of irish origin in the army of the austrian empire. And unfamiliar with irish counties (apart from the more famous ones) i hadn't heard of Westmeath before, now thanks to the video i have some geographical idea of where that is and why it's named that way.
hello from westmeath!
@@robertmccormack1208 Hello back,
(from austria.)
Brilliant, I’m going to my Irish class this evening ulster Irish
As a Cork man I hoped for something more glamorous than a boggy marsh, great video tho.
Excellent,
Thank you! Cheers!
Very intresting. What about the names of the rivers, lakes & mountains too?
Really interesting
Cool video. Limerick isn’t right as “Bare Spot” though. It’s Léim an Each, the Horses Leap, as the place horses would cross the Shannon river. St Thomas Island to be specific where they crossed. Each was the old Irish for horse, now it’s Capall.
Thanks for the info!
interestingly, you can see the "dún" in Down in places in Scotland like Edinburgh (Dún Edin) and Dundee
The Scotti were a celtic tribe that came to Scotland from Ireland. Their language and culture is deeply related to Irish.
Great video! Go hiontach! Have you a link any for city names/ a video for this? Be great to see.
I really enjoyed this, thank you.
I would love to know who the earliest known (and subsequent) settlers of Donegal were.
Good question! I'll look into it
Wow that was class any chance you could do all town's in Ireland, I know the meaning of the town I live in, listowel or lis tu hil meaning hillfort by a river and only two existing in the world one here in Ireland and another in Canada
Thanks I'll look into doing it in towns around ireland
Where where where… did you get the art work to go with this? Tell me! I want them all!!! Love this video. So much Irish history our Irish kids are not taught about
Sadly all of the artwork in this video looks to be AI generated, a pity because it’s not easy to source the images and it’s likely some poor sap’s artwork was plagiarised to produce these pictures
Hilarious as always gentlemen.
god i love dwarf fortress, i live in ireland and you made the island sound much more interesting
Like Erebor?
Dia duit , a fhear uasal .
Just thought I'd throw in a little of what I have researched , le meas , just that Gaillimh might also mean Stony River from the shortened gaill abhain and that Ceathar Loch may also mean Four Lakes . Great stuff .
FYI , Lu shares the same root as London - Lugdinium - the name the Romans tacked onto it when they rocked up there in the first century .
There is also a lughdunam in France or gaul I guess I should say