In an attempt to further my research, I have started this blog to organize my information on Irish history and Ireland into a more comprehensive way. Hopefully I'll maintain this information and it will prompt me to keep it going. My main goal is to develop a better understanding of Medieval Ireland so as to provide myself with a better persona. If you'd like to keep track of this blog, the link to my RSS file is http://scaireland.blogspot.com/atom.xml Happy feeding!
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Name Search Continued
So far, in the various sources I've been finding, I can't actually find a reference for when "Ireland" became Ireland. Granted, "Ireland" is the English translation of Eire, but when did they first call themselves Eire? Okay, that I can find thus far, Ireland has been called the following Erinn, Eire, Eriu (after a goddess), and Hibernia. Hibernia is what Ptolemy, a Greek who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Roman Egypt, called Ireland in 100 AD (Ptolemy's Geography). Therefore, until I find something that tells me otherwise, I think I can safely continue the thought that Ireland has simply been Ireland throughout the medieval period, even unto the first years.