Places and Cities in Ireland
Paddy’s Hill, on the drift street to Portmarnock sitting above Malahide Estuary, is the most punctual confirmation we have of a home site in the zone dating from c.6000 B.C. The Fir Domhnainn are likewise presumed to have settled here, where they remained “angling and fowling” for a couple of hundred years. Custom has it…
Barely any areas have been changed as totally in 10 years as Dundrum in Dublin 14 – established in the eighth Century, invigorated against nation people in the thirteenth and changed into a shopping mecca in the 21st. Beforehand, Dundrum (which traverses both the D14 and D16 postcodes) was a sprawling suburb with a notoriety…
Besides the city’s modern Irish name, Baile Átha Claith, meaning ‘Town of the Hurdle Ford’ – in reference to the original Celtic settlement on the Liffey’s northern bank. Even the three 12th-century behemoths of the Norman occupation – Dublin Castle, Christchurch Cathedral and St Patrick’s Cathedral – which ushered in 800 years of British rule,…
Athlone town is the largest town in Co. Westmeath. It has a rich historical significance because it held a pivotal position in Irish history. The town was founded in the twelfth century when a bridge crossing the River Shannon was built. Soon after the Anglo-Normans constructed a wooden fortification to defend the bridge. The town…
Cork City is the third biggest city in Ireland and has dependably been a critical city due to its seaport. It started on an island in the swampy estuary of the River Lee (Corcaigh in Irish means a bog), and bit by bit scaled the precarious banks on either side. Today the waterway moves through…
The name of the town Rathfarnham originates from the Irish Ráth Fearnáin which implies The Rath or Fort of Fearnan. Rathfarnham is a town situated in South Dublin. The historical backdrop of Rathfarnham, to the extent we can gain from existing records, started at the season of the Anglo-Norman intrusion in 1199 when the terrains…
The Parish of Mullingar was founded in 1205. It is known as a marketing town and upto a few years ago had a prominent cow market. Over time Mullingar was granted the right to hold four fairs a week as well as a weekly market. The population of the borough was a mixture of Gaelic…