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Dublin's name in Irish

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    #32
    BeerNut
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    Des wrote: »
    we would have ended up with something like "Blackly" or "Blacklaw"
    Or, hopefully, this.

    Have any Baile- towns been anglicised as "Black-"? It's generally Bal- or Bally-. I think Valentia Island is one notable exception.

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    #33
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    you are right of course, but it's just a notion I had.

    A combination of how Irish was pronounced and how English was pronounced way back when kills my idea, no doubt, but one can dream!


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    #34
    Esel
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    Des, your "Blaw-clee-a" is fairly bang-on, imo.

    On the Dubh Linn thing - wouldn't the correct structure have been Linn Dubh?

    Every tourist knows the 'correct' name is An Lár anyway...

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    #35
    Cathaoirleach
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    There is an another ancient name for Dublin that seems to have disapeared from modern history books!

    Drom Coil Choille


    Oxford University 1786
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    John Adolphus 1818

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    Samuel Lewis 1837

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