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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2021 · 2 MIN

Inishowen placenames

from Racontour Archive - 2020 onwards · host Racontour and friends

Mary Murphy tells us the placename in English, Sean McMahon tells us how it is pronounced in Irish, then Mary tells us what that Irish wording means thus giving the etymology of the place. Starting with 'Inishowen', we finish the piece with 'Urris' being the place Brian Friel had in mind for his 1981 masterpiece, Translations, which dealt with Britain's attempts to remove the Irish placenames and replace them with new English versions.

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