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The vast majority of English-language place names in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names. The spelling which has legal force is usually that used by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Many of Ireland's longest place names are found in the far west of the island, where the Irish language has survived the longest; including Gaeltacht ...
The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (23 characters, including hyphens). The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters). The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy" (28 characters)
Street name found in Drogheda, Dublin, Waterford, Wexford and Cork. Believed to derive from Old Norse, perhaps keisa ("bend") or keisari ("emperor"). [9] Other sources give "ship wharf." [10] Lambay: Lamb-ey: lamb island: Reachrainn — Leixlip: Lax Hlaup: salmon leap: Léim an Bhradáin: The Irish is a translation of the Old Norse.
It was formerly regarded as the longest place name (in English) in Ireland (22 letters), but awareness of longer names has challenged Muckanaghederdauhaulia. [5] There was a hamlet within the townland which had the same name in Irish ( Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile ), but a shorter English name, Mucknasalia .
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Main Street (Irish: An Phríomhshráid) is an important thoroughfare in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.Sometimes claimed to be the longest street in Ireland, [1] [2] it is divided into two sections, with Lower Main Street (the south end) running from the junction at Oldtown Road to the Market Square and Upper Main Street (the north end) running from the Market Square to the junction at ...
The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. Their name derives from Seachnasach mac Donnchadh, a 10th-century member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, which the Ó Seachnasaigh were the senior clan of. The town of Gort, Ireland, was the main residence of the family since at least the time of their ancestor, King Guaire Aidne ...
Church Street, Pretoria , 1881. 1825 Mzilikazi arrives in the Transvaal region. Mfecane, or the genocide of the people of the Transvaal by Mzilikazi lasts until 1840. 1837 Mzilikazi and the Matabele defeated by the Voortrekkers and forced to flee across the Limpopo river; 1840 First permanent white settlers in the Pretoria area. 1848