14 Ancient Names of Ireland September 4, 2020 Unipro2013main Irish History </p> <h2>Ancient Names for Ireland</h2> <p> A list of the ancient names for Ireland taken from Geoffrey Keating’s “General History of Ireland”.</p> <p>“The first name which was given to Ireland was ‘Inis na bhfiodhbhadh,’ …</p> <p>The second name was ‘Crioch na bhfuineadhach,’ …</p> <p>The third name was ‘Inis Ealga,’ …</p> <p>The fourth name was Éire, …</p> <p>The fifth name was Fódhla, …</p> <p>The sixth name was Banbha, …</p> <p>The seventh name was Inis Fáil; ..</p> <p>The eighth name was Muicinis; …</p> <p>The ninth name was Scotia; …</p> <p>The tenth name was Hibernia; …</p> <p>The eleventh name was Iuernia, …</p> <p>The twelfth name was Irin, according to Diodorus Siculus …</p> <p>The thirteenth name was Irlanda; …</p> <p>The fourteenth name was Ogygia, ..,</p> <p>– Geoffrey Keating, General History of Ireland, c.1632.<br /> <br /> Credit to :</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
