What Do the Names of Ireland's 32 Counties Mean?

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The Origins of the Names of Ireland's 32 Counties!
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Donegal
00:40 - Derry
01:04 - Down
01:11 - Armagh
01:24 - Tyrone
01:40 - Fermanagh
01:50 - Monaghan
01:59 - Cavan
02:11- Louth
02:34 - Meath
02:50 - Westmeath
02:57 - Longford
03:09 - Offaly
03:28 - Laois
03:42 - Kilkenny
03:56 - Wexford
04:14 - Carlow
04:21 - Kildare
04:27 - Wicklow
04:43 - Dublin
05:45 - Kerry
06:03 - Cork
06:20 - Waterford
06:56 - Tipperary
07:07 - Limerick
07:17 - Clare
07:27 - Galway
07:37 - Mayo
07:48 - Sligo
07:58 - Leitrim
08:05 - Roscommon
08:19 - Outro
GRMA💚
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@kitten6062 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@brigitnunez6735 10 ай бұрын

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

@An3moya 9 ай бұрын

maybe at your school@@brigitnunez6735

@happyplace00 9 ай бұрын

you know it dude

@aaronmurtagh1017 9 ай бұрын

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@josipmrkonic2175 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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 10 ай бұрын

Poll na gColm pigeon hole/ pool

@markbrennan212 10 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 10 ай бұрын

U forgot galway

@pesimusdux 10 ай бұрын

Pozdrav zemljače 😊

@paddy2875 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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 10 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’.

@Darbykirwan 10 ай бұрын

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

@seanrathmakedisciples1508 10 ай бұрын

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

@seanrathmakedisciples1508 10 ай бұрын

Bo is Gaelic for cow

@shedboi 10 ай бұрын

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.

@komodosp 10 ай бұрын

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)

@martinconnor9840 10 ай бұрын

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 7 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.

@carolynsharpe5871 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@karlbyrne6021 10 ай бұрын

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

@charles5553 10 ай бұрын

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

@James_H90 10 ай бұрын

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

@Mark-0O 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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 6 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 5 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

@TheMawlaman 10 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.

@Dianatroda 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

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

@robertmalone173 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@MyViewsOfTheWorld 25 күн бұрын

Thank you. This helped me a lot in my research on the kingdoms of Ireland. I have been making videos on Irish landmarks and there is no way to show them without going into the amazing history behind each one. All that history is interconnected and each day I learn a tiny bit more of the very rich history Ireland has had for the last 10000 years.

@fergal2424 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@jame5j 10 ай бұрын

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

@mikeg.8167 10 ай бұрын

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

@brigitnunez6735 10 ай бұрын

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

@RingoLombardi 10 ай бұрын

Love the AI artwork.. master of the image prompt

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

😁

@Dylan20579 9 ай бұрын

The artwork youve put together for this video is beautiful

@thewildgoose7467 10 ай бұрын

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

@AndrewBoland-ju4ls 10 ай бұрын

That was really interesting, really enjoyed this video

@robbie4084 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant video, thank you

@geraldinemoran7881 10 ай бұрын

Many thanks for this valuable information- great video !

@MrTomasgleeson 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting, well done.

@jamesabernethy7896 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Thanks lad glad you enjoyed it

@catstevensfake 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant video!

@flaminx0r 10 ай бұрын

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

@irishdancer2753 3 ай бұрын

Great, loved your video!

@Rana-Kethla 9 ай бұрын

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. ^^

@malsmith1618 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it, thanks

@mrseaweed1000 9 ай бұрын

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

@andymcphee6923 10 ай бұрын

Fascinating stuff. Thank you for sharing

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

thanks

@johnsweeney1712 10 ай бұрын

Great video, very interesting and educational. Thank you.

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Cheers

@jasonmoloney5796 10 ай бұрын

Solid video thank you

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Cheers lad

@dogstar8027 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the lovely feedback

@Mountain-Mac 10 ай бұрын

This is fantastic! Great work! Éirinn go Brách

@michaelfoley9904 10 ай бұрын

Exellent video, many thanks 👏👏👏👏👏

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

@belfastbornstephen 10 ай бұрын

Excellent work I really appreciate it, thank you

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@paragonlink4352 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@katherinemarek9741 10 ай бұрын

Loved these explanations! Thank you!

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it 😊

@hughoneill9833 9 ай бұрын

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

@equilight 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Cheers

@bluecurlygirl 9 ай бұрын

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.

@ossiemac 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub

@happyplace00 10 ай бұрын

great vid man

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Cheers man

@KawaiiGames 9 ай бұрын

Great video! 👌

@shaunakelly5831 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

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

@pedrochapps8815 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@wonderworld4056 9 ай бұрын

Thankyou, great education of the counties

@Brendanvio 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

@johnfarrell9484 10 ай бұрын

Excellently presented

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Cheers

@juanpierrebosch 10 ай бұрын

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 ❤

@gerardduffy4004 Ай бұрын

Great, most I knew but others were a surprise... great artwork, who created them

@siobhancollins1663 9 ай бұрын

Excellent- very informative 🎉🎉

@A190xx 10 ай бұрын

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

@demopalestino1285 10 ай бұрын

fantastic video. thanks very much. ❤❤❤

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@carmelmhennessy9738 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful video

@anncarroll2204 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting thanks

@Halbared 9 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 9 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@darrencarney7380 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Cheer lad thanks for the sub

@ilovemydog6847 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

Thanks a million 😊

@63mckenzie 10 ай бұрын

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

@irishravr632 9 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable, you have a new subscriber.

@DerekTJ 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Great suggestion!

@jassonsw 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

That's a great idea thanks

@seamusphelan228 3 ай бұрын

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

@criostoir. 10 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

I take it you didn't score that neet😂

@macker33 10 ай бұрын

Great video, love the pictures.

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@galvo_galvo 10 ай бұрын

Nice work :)

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 😁

@wildatlanticman128 10 ай бұрын

Love it

@seanrathmakedisciples1508 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@seanrathmakedisciples1508 10 ай бұрын

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

@squid9882 10 ай бұрын

Leitrim being a grey ridge is just perfection

@brianmacgabhann5630 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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 9 ай бұрын

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

@tonedeafmagonigle3513 10 ай бұрын

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

@StatSoisialach 9 ай бұрын

An exquisite video indeed.

@aerodaan 9 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😁

@pongop 10 ай бұрын

This is amazing and helpful! Go raibh maith agat!

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

GRMA

@tziirkq 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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

@stevethomas5849 5 ай бұрын

Fascinating Insight to amazing history

@chuckyx934 9 ай бұрын

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.

@mrbabyhugh Ай бұрын

thank you very much

@alexguest9937 10 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@Drew-de7ey 10 ай бұрын

Excellent

@COUNTYGAINS 9 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 9 ай бұрын

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

@COUNTYGAINS 9 ай бұрын

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

@Alan13Mac 9 ай бұрын

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

@avgriffin 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@MrSimonmcc 10 ай бұрын

McCarthy, from County Cork in the Kingdom of Munster.

@seancaseo84 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Really cool thanks for sharing, very similar to Dublin then

@timreardon3629 10 ай бұрын

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

@peterdickinson4599 10 ай бұрын

Good stuff.

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@raycreevey2766 10 ай бұрын

Really good video maith thú!

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

GRMA

@PatrickFlorian-jf1qq 9 ай бұрын

Really interesting

@nirfz 10 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

hello from westmeath!

@nirfz 9 ай бұрын

@@robertmccormack1208 Hello back, (from austria.)

@frankwessels4639 10 ай бұрын

This information has been absorbed. It will now be stored somewhere deep in the realms of my mind, so that if the day comes, I can talk to a local and get 50% of the facts right, which is enough to be invited for a beer or some food.

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Haha, this channel is mostly pub facts

@Technae 10 ай бұрын

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

@glennmeade2390 2 ай бұрын

Like Erebor?

@595EuroPerEye 10 ай бұрын

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.

@Kian2002 10 ай бұрын

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.

@RoyBattyLives 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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 10 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

@ninjacell2999 10 ай бұрын

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

@MZophiel 10 ай бұрын

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

@andrewmurphy5055 10 ай бұрын

Hilarious as always gentlemen.

@mikekavanagh8952 10 ай бұрын

Excellent,

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@rorymax8233 10 ай бұрын

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

@interestingeire 10 ай бұрын

Good question! I'll look into it

@phylk4683 9 ай бұрын

Where where where… did you get the art work to go with this? Tell me! I want them all!!! Love this video. So much Irish history our Irish kids are not taught about

@daedalus7286 9 ай бұрын

Sadly all of the artwork in this video looks to be AI generated, a pity because it’s not easy to source the images and it’s likely some poor sap’s artwork was plagiarised to produce these pictures

@cryocrusader2594 10 ай бұрын

Being from Fermanagh, this video makes me think we should trade names with Cork now, though Men of the Lakes makes sense too. It's so wet. You can tell when you're passing into Donegal or any of the neighbouring counties without actually having to be aware of geographical location by how immediately less grey, more sunny and dry it gets, like loading into a new biome in a video game or something.