Random Etymological Of Ireland Counties (32 items)report

• [County name]: Wicklow
  [Established]: 1607
  [Province]: Leinster
  [Irish name]: Cill Mhantáin
  [Derivation]: Named after the town of Wicklow, which comes from Old Norse Víkingalág or Vikinga-ló ("meadow of the Vikings"). The Irish name Cill Mhantáin means "Church of Mantan" and is named after a contemporary of Saint Patrick who had his teeth knocked out by Irish pagans. Hence he was renamed Mantan, which means "toothless one" in Irish. Cill Mhantáin was historically anglicised as Kilmantan.
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• [County name]: Waterford
  [Established]: c. 1200
  [Province]: Munster
  [Irish name]: Port Láirge
  [Derivation]: Named after the city of Waterford, which comes from Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr ("ram fjord"). The Irish name Port Láirge means "Larag's port" and was historically anglicised as Portlarga.
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• [County name]: Sligo
  [Established]: 1565
  [Province]: Connacht
  [Irish name]: Sligeach
  [Derivation]: Named after the town of Sligo, which comes from Sligeach, meaning "shelly place"; a reference to the large amounts of shellfish to be found in the river and its estuary.
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• [County name]: Donegal
  [Established]: 1584/5
  [Province]: Ulster
  [Irish name]: Dún na nGall
  [Derivation]: Named after the town of Donegal, which comes from Dún na nGall, meaning "stronghold of the foreigners" (i.e. the Vikings). An alternative name for the county is Tyrconnell or Tirconnell, after a Gaelic territory of the same name. This comes from Tír Chonaill, meaning "land of Conall" and is named after Conall Gulban, a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, whose descendants founded the territory. Conall means "Strong Wolf" in Irish.
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• [County name]: Cork
  [Established]: c. 1200
  [Province]: Munster
  [Irish name]: Corcaigh
  [Derivation]: Named after the city of Cork, which comes from Corcach, meaning "swamp".
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• [County name]: Down
  [Established]: early 16th century
  [Province]: Ulster
  [Irish name]: An Dún
  [Derivation]: The name is derived from Dún ná Lethglas, the capital of the Dál Fiatach, now modern day Downpatrick.
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