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Thread #66075 Message #1100923
Posted By: GUEST,Stephen R.
25-Jan-04 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: Valiant? Lunar? - Mountains in County Down
Subject: RE: Valiant mountain? Lunar mountain?
Thanks, Claire Bear; I'll do this shortly. Possibly either of these might be translations of a Gaelic name; or maybe the Gaelic name *sounds* like 'lunar' or 'valiant'--these things can get garbled in unpredictable ways in oral tradition. I'll also see if I can find an atlas of Ireland in some local library; I'm no whiz at Gaelic, but I think I could spot the original of either of these if they are in fact translatios.
By the way--look up 'bear' in Gaelic--it's odd and interesting, and has to do with ancient taboos.