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List of Irish place names outside Ireland.

Rhys Essien

Gas that there is a Hill of Tara,Louth,Navan and Wicklow on Mars.Didnt realise there were so many Dublin's.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_place_names_in_other_countries

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MacauDragon

Ballyjamesduff Tokyo.

maryishere

Given we were so involved, like it or not, with the British in colonising so many places around the world, its not surprising there are so many places abroad called after places at home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_place_names_in_other_countries

Valetta

James Galway was born in Belfast .

Am I doing this right?

whiskeyman

My favourite is Bobby Sands Street .... In Tehran of all places!

Even better due to the British Embassy being there!

http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/britain-to-reopen-embassy-in-iran-on-bobby-sands-street-31466117.html

selous

Ard Na Lea (the high Meadow) Rise in Harare, Zimbabwe,

GAAman

whiskeyman wrote: »

My favourite is Bobby Sands Street .... In Tehran of all places!

Even better due to the British Embassy being there!
http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/britain-to-reopen-embassy-in-iran-on-bobby-sands-street-31466117.html

They also moved the front door to the other side of the building so that wouldnt be the official address :pac:

maryishere

whiskeyman wrote: »

My favourite is Bobby Sands Street .... In Tehran of all places!

Even better due to the British Embassy being there!
http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/britain-to-reopen-embassy-in-iran-on-bobby-sands-street-31466117.html

They also have a burger joint named after him. Not in good taste.
http://media.irishcentral.com/images/swf+Bobby+Sand+Burger+Joint.jpg

donegaLroad

all the Shanty towns across the world

Sean Tí (old houses)

peasant

St. Gallen, Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gallen

Named after and founded by Saint Gall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Gall

timthumbni

maryishere wrote: »

They also have a burger joint named after him. Not in good taste.
At shttp://media.irishcentral.com/images/swf+Bobby+Sand+Burger+Joint.jpg

Can I have a babbessh ssandds burger please...... Sure thats why he killed himself.. Well at least his family are doing well out of it...... Or maybe not.

The Bobby sands trust have the rights to all his stuff, not his family. I wonder what party are behind that??? I don't think the family are too impressed...

Strazdas

Watching the Australian racing at night time on Attheraces and I'm always amused to see racecourses called Ballina, Longford, Avoca and Mornington.

kupus

https://www.google.ie/maps/@37.6602802,-122.4587258,17z

retalivity

Talamh an eisc, or newfoundland in canada. Apparently the only place outside ireland with the irish name not derived from the local language

Billy86

Not Irish language, but there is a town in Australia called Bourke, as well as the main street in Melbourne being Bourke St, and in Sydney Bourke St. is also very well known, with 'Bourke Street Bakery' that is almost nationally famous it seems.

All of these are named after Richard Bourke, a Dubliner who went on to be Governor of New South Wales and played a very big role in freeing/liberating/whatevering the convicts, and in stopping transportation of convicts from the UK/Ireland to Australia. He did quite few things actually, interesting read if you've a few minutes to spare (it's not too long) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bourke

Skid X

There's a street in Munich called Connollystrasse, where the Israeli Athletes were held hostage during the 1972 Olympics

Sounds Irish

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80481783&postcount=54

Snickers Man wrote: »

There's a Connollystrasse in the Olympic Village apartment district of Munich.

I've heard disparately that it was named after an American hammer thrower and an Irish labourer who was killed during the construction of the Olympic complex.

FrKurtFahrt

timthumbni wrote: »

Can I have a babbessh ssandds burger please...... Sure thats why he killed himself.. Well at least his family are doing well out of it...... Or maybe not.

The Bobby sands trust have the rights to all his stuff, not his family. I wonder what party are behind that??? I don't think the family are too impressed...

Why the need to be politically bitchy in such a thread? Do you have a link as to how you know of the family's displeasure?

SeamusRamos

Cromwell, NZ has a huge amount of streets named after Irish counties, towns, islands, etc.

Niemoj

Jaysus for a tiny island we certainly do get around.

Éire Abú!

TheLastMohican

Here in New England ........ let me see ........ Londonderry, Derry, Stormont, Antrim, Hillsborough, Dublin ....... and that's without thinking it out.

feargale

maryishere wrote: »

They also have a burger joint named after him. Not in good taste.
http://media.irishcentral.com/images/swf+Bobby+Sand+Burger+Joint.jpg

You mean they don't taste as good as those from the Lusitania Grill in Kinsale?

fatknacker

Raglan in New Zealand
Don't know if it's an Irish name or just a road in town where a dark haired woman walked

topmanamillion

Roscommon, Michigan-It was named after the town and county of Roscommon in Ireland. Irishman Charles O'Malley oversaw the renaming of some Michigan counties from Indian names to Irish names in 1843
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscommon,_Michigan

Charlie O'Malley, a fur trader from Mayo, was also responsible for many more Michigan counties being named after Irish counterparts.
These include Antrim, Clare, Emmet (named for the Anglo-Irish patriot Robert Emmet), Roscommon and Wexford counties.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_O'Malley_(Michigan)

Sligo, Pennsylvania - It was named after the town and county of Sligo in Ireland.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo,_Pennsylvania

New Ireland, Papa New Guinea - Australia took control in 1914, in the early stages of World War I, and renamed the island as New Ireland, after the island of Ireland.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ireland_Province

Badly Drunk Boy

fatknacker wrote: »

Raglan in New Zealand
Don't know if it's an Irish name or just a road in town where a dark haired woman walked

That was named after Lord Raglan, a British army officer who died during the Crimean War, as was Raglan Road in Dublin, which inspired the poem and song 'On Raglan Road'.

stimpson

There's a Gee Street in London

https://goo.gl/maps/SY2WFEHZeT72

irishguitarlad

Calle o donnell in seville

catbear

Have seen plenty of streets and suburbs with irish names but the most unexpected one i encountered was a St Canices school in Westport in NZ. It turned out a load of coalminers moved there from castlecomer in north Kilkenny.

Rubberlegs

I know someone from Waterford who now lives in Waterford, Michigan.

gizmo555

Still working my way through a boxed set of "The Wire" that I got as a present. I wonder how many of the people of Baltimore know that it comes from "Baile an Tí Mhóir" in Longford.

Eugene Norman

maryishere wrote: »

Given we were so involved, like it or not, with the British in colonising so many places around the world, its not surprising there are so many places abroad called after places at home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_place_names_in_other_countries

Most of it was immigration.

donegaLroad

retalivity wrote: »

Talamh an eisc, or newfoundland in canada. Apparently the only place outside ireland with the irish name not derived from the local language

there is a new direct flight from Dublin to Newfoundland starting every May I think.