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Dublin or Baile Átha Cliath? Blackpool or the or the Ford of Hurdles? On the name origins of Ireland's capital city.

September 6, 2023

Kevin Flanagan

Ireland's capital city gives us an interesting example of an Irish place name where the commonly used English form and the native Irish form bear no relationship to each other.

Unlike many Irish place names, Dublin is not transliterated from or related to the...

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