Which city means Blackpool in Irish?
Bonnie Blanda
2025-04-20 23:58:33
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Dublin is said to have been first occupied by Viking traders c.988AD. Sailing their longships up the River Liffey they came upon a dark tidal-pool at the site where the River Poddle and the River Liffey met and which they appropriately named Dyflin, meaning ‘black-pool’, which later took the Irish form: Dubh Linn.
Meanwhile, the native Irish referred to this place as Baile Átha Cliath, meaning the ‘Town of the Ford of Hurdles’.
From the 12th century, Dublin was controlled by the Anglo-Normans who, despising anything overtly Gaelic, chose to retain the Viking version of its name, albeit in an anglicised form, and it became the more dominant name over time.
The Viking version of its name was Dyflin, meaning ‘black-pool’, which later took the Irish form: Dubh Linn.
Dubh Linn means ‘black-pool’.
Tabitha Roberts
2025-04-20 22:23:11
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The name comes from the old Irish ‘Dubh Linn’, and that translated to English is Black Pool. The gardens of this castle, so full of history, sit where the black pool was. The name Dublin comes from the old Irish ‘Dubh Linn’. Dubh Linn translated to English is Black Pool, but let me say this great city is immensely and nicely far removed from the Blackpool that springs to mind.
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