Message: "Agree." - Behind the Name

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Agree.

by Eliora (guest)

6/7/2007, 3:37 PM

I was fairly sure that Ireland, Shalya and Tory weren't Irish. Erin is the Irish name for Ireland, correct?

- Irish_Clare

6/8/2007, 8:58 AM

Anglicised dative form, yep :)

I suppose it counts as an Irish name if you define "Irish" as "something connected with Ireland" rather than "from Irish Gaelic".

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