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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ériu, Banba and Fódla are from Lebor Gabála Érenn, Ireland's creation myth, and they each wanted the whole country named after them (and still can be, poetically). This is a mythologised history, not etymology.

Also, downvoting someone you're debating with is extremely bad form.

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