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 😊

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@brigitnunez6735

8 ай бұрын

Great but it was taught at School but always great to have a reminder had forgotten most.

@An3moya

8 ай бұрын

maybe at your school@@brigitnunez6735

@happyplace00

8 ай бұрын

you know it dude

@aaronmurtagh1017

8 ай бұрын

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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

@interestingeire

9 ай бұрын

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).

@siogbeagbideach

8 ай бұрын

Poll na gColm pigeon hole/ pool

@markbrennan212

8 ай бұрын

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

@seanhyland9131

8 ай бұрын

U forgot galway

@pesimusdux

8 ай бұрын

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'

@dylan982

8 ай бұрын

Ceithre loch makes sense, but I’ve also heard that Wicklow and Carlow come from the same Viking word, uicearlow or something like that

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

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’.

@patrickkirwan6376

8 ай бұрын

@@interestingeireit means four lakes even though there’s only one left. It says it further down in that article aswell

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

8 ай бұрын

@@interestingeire Bothar is the Gaelic for roads which comes from cow track

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

8 ай бұрын

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.

@johnoshea4683

6 ай бұрын

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.

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.

@gi7kmc

8 ай бұрын

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)

@KengCo7

4 ай бұрын

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.

@eamonnmccabe1026

4 ай бұрын

​@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

Great video, would like to see more about the history of each county!

@interestingeire

9 ай бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed it, and great idea for video such a rich history for each county.

@robertmalone173

9 ай бұрын

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.

@simonmultiverse6349

8 ай бұрын

The names of the 32 counties mean variations on "This land belongs to Great Britain."

Love the AI artwork.. master of the image prompt

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

😁

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.

A series on Irish mythology would be good, lots a great stories linked to towns and county’s

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!

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheers man, yeah I made the illustrations using Midjourney, I'll look into a way to share them in high res 👍

@jame5j

8 ай бұрын

Was about to ask the same thing. The landscapes were class. Reminded me of Japanese woodblock or lino prints.

@mikeg.8167

8 ай бұрын

Agreed... good short video nicely "rendered". Like a good appetiser before a meal out... gives you the "taste buds" to want more.

Very interesting I am from Kilkenny myself.. Thanks for sharing this video.

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?

@cacamilis8477

8 ай бұрын

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.

@brianmacgabhann5630

8 ай бұрын

@@cooldaddy2877 Ah thank you! I knew there were little worms involved somewhere!

Solid video thank you

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheers lad

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

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Sure lad fire away, share it with me when you are done 🙏

At 0.09, invasion was from the British not solely the English with many Scots moving to Northern Ireland.

Love it

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.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks lad glad you enjoyed it

We are having our daughter memorize the 32 counties of Ireland this year in our homeschool, so I’ll definitely use this with her!

@interestingeire

9 ай бұрын

Ah I remember doing that in school, glad this video will help ☺️

@karlbyrne6021

8 ай бұрын

The occupied county's is fat dad. Fermanagh antrim Tyrone derry armagh down.

@charles5553

8 ай бұрын

​@@interestingeireI had to do them in Irish and English 😌

Very interesting, well done.

Very interesting. My great grandmother was from Birr in Co Offaly.

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. ^^

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.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video! 👌

Lovely video. How about another on the history of common Irish names?

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

That's a great idea thanks

@seamusphelan228

Ай бұрын

Do you mean the rough ones 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣☘️🇮🇪

Brilliant video!

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.

Great, loved your video!

Brilliant video, thank you

That was really interesting, really enjoyed this video

Wonderful video

This is fantastic! Great work! Éirinn go Brách

Many thanks for this valuable information- great video !

Excellent- very informative 🎉🎉

Although I was already aware of some of these it was great to see them all put together in an excellent and concise video.

Excellent video - thanks! An idea might be about common Irishman surnames and how they were anglicised?

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Great suggestion!

The artwork youve put together for this video is beautiful

Good content man, well done. Hugh of the Ui Neill

Thankyou, great education of the counties

Very interesting thanks

As a Cork man I hoped for something more glamorous than a boggy marsh, great video tho.

Loved these explanations! Thank you!

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it 😊

Very enjoyable, you have a new subscriber.

This is amazing and helpful! Go raibh maith agat!

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

GRMA

McCarthy, from County Cork in the Kingdom of Munster.

I would love to read a book on all this 😊 - thanks for sharing!

Excellently presented

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

Nicely done and interesting as well. Keep up the good work 👍

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

Great video, love the pictures.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

wow fantastic video i love seeing videos about our history, thanks for all teh effort put into this one 👌

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I learn something new every day great video thanks for the upload

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it, thanks

I love your video. Keep your videos coming I’ve subscribed. It’s very interesting your interpretations of the names of the counties.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

8 ай бұрын

@@interestingeire I’m down from Wexford in the sunny south east

fantastic video. thanks very much. ❤❤❤

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent work I really appreciate it, thank you

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

Fascinating stuff. Thank you for sharing

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

thanks

Great video, very interesting and educational. Thank you.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

Excellent video lad. Loved it. Defo subscribing to the channel.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheer lad thanks for the sub

Really good video maith thú!

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

GRMA

Exellent video, many thanks 👏👏👏👏👏

@interestingeire

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

Great video, most interesting. I'm visiting Cork next month, looking forward to it.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

You should have more subs! Loved this, clear speaking explanation. Thank you. Subbed 👍

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub

Born and raised here, yet most of this was brand new information to me. Wonderfully interesting!

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 ❤

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.

Very interesting and informative video and beautiful images of the country. Thank you for your efforts and creativity.❤

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the lovely feedback

Nice work :)

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 😁

What a terrific vid. I’m always interested to learn more about the country of my ancestry.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

Excellent Video. Would love to see a video of the deities of each area. 💚

@interestingeire

9 ай бұрын

Thanks and great suggestion, I'll look into that.

Fascinating Insight to amazing history

An exquisite video indeed.

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.☺ 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍☺

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a million 😊

Excellent

great vid man

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Cheers man

Leitrim being a grey ridge is just perfection

Excellent!

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

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.

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!

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, and great suggestion I'll have to do a video on that in the future

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.

@paulmcgrath6118

8 ай бұрын

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

@pashakdescilly7517

8 ай бұрын

@@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

This is class, please keep these videos up 🙌 also, I knew there was a reason I once called a Cork woman a Swamp Donkey 🤷‍♂️😅

@glennmeade2390

Ай бұрын

I take it you didn't score that neet😂

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.

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.

@robertmccormack1208

7 ай бұрын

hello from westmeath!

@nirfz

7 ай бұрын

@@robertmccormack1208 Hello back, (from austria.)

Dia Duit. I just discovered your channel. I am hoping you have something about family crests. Mine (Reilly) is an interesting one.

Love this video jsut did a reaction to it!! really informative!! living in galway my whole life didnt know it ment shtony!! hahah

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the vid, can you link my channel and video in the description of your reaction? Sound

@COUNTYGAINS

8 ай бұрын

OH YEAH!! i got you!! of course great video man appericate it!!@@interestingeire

Good stuff.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

interestingly, you can see the "dún" in Down in places in Scotland like Edinburgh (Dún Edin) and Dundee

@MZophiel

8 ай бұрын

The Scotti were a celtic tribe that came to Scotland from Ireland. Their language and culture is deeply related to Irish.

Really interesting

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

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Really cool thanks for sharing, very similar to Dublin then

@timreardon3629

8 ай бұрын

Once read that Limerick came from Norse word Lime -Rick meaning rich or fertile land

I have lived for 17 years now on this emerald isle. Very interesting video here.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😁

Excellent,

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Brilliant, I’m going to my Irish class this evening ulster Irish

I’ve always said Louth had the coolest name origin 🔴⚪️ An Lú Abú

Very intresting. What about the names of the rivers, lakes & mountains too?

Hilarious as always gentlemen.

I really enjoyed this, thank you. I would love to know who the earliest known (and subsequent) settlers of Donegal were.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Good question! I'll look into it

Wicklow and Arklow are Norse. Not the Irish versions. Wicklow most likely Vykyngelo meaning meadow of the Vikings. Arklow is derived from the Norse personal name Arnkell and the Viking word for a marshy area 'lo'.

@barra6709

8 ай бұрын

I'm an Arklow man 👍

Great video! Go hiontach! Have you a link any for city names/ a video for this? Be great to see.

god i love dwarf fortress, i live in ireland and you made the island sound much more interesting

@glennmeade2390

Ай бұрын

Like Erebor?

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

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks I'll look into doing it in towns around ireland

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.

@interestingeire

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!