River Nore: Difference between revisions

The river is known in [[Irish language|Irish]] as ''An Fheoir''. The River Nore was mentioned in the [[Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee]] (Félire Óengusso Céli Dé), published before 824. He spoke, in [[Old Irish]], of ''{{lang|sga|re taeb Eoire uarglaine''}} or "the cold-pure Nore."<ref>dil.ie/42762.</ref> A [[Middle Irish]] reference, from before 1420, refers to "The fair wide plain of the Feoir" (''Fiond-chlár fairsing na Feoire'').<ref>Archive.org, "The topographical poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na naomh O'Huidhrin," modern translation by John O’Donovan published in 1862.</ref>

The name is believed to derive from Irish ''{{lang|ga|feora''}} "green bank, edge or shore of sea, lake or river"; the Old Irish ''{{lang|sga|feórann''}} means "green bank or shoreland."<ref>http://www.dil.ie/search?search_in=headword&q=fe%C3%B3rann {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2021}}</ref>