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*'''dubh-ghaill here us''' ? As stated in other entrance [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Ho_head_halls] , one washerwoman seems to be turning into the Howth Head, while the other one, 'in the other shore', may be turning into Dubh-Ghaill [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldoyle] , that means 'dark stranger' and, incidentally, was only separated from Howth Head by a tiny tongue of Dublin Bay water back when the Head was an island. | *'''dubh-ghaill here us''' ? As stated in other entrance [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Ho_head_halls] , one washerwoman seems to be turning into the Howth Head, while the other one, 'in the other shore', may be turning into Dubh-Ghaill [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldoyle] , that means 'dark stranger' and, incidentally, was only separated from Howth Head by a tiny tongue of Dublin Bay water back when the Head was an island. | ||
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Revision as of 06:50, 17 March 2012
- dubh-ghaill here us ? As stated in other entrance [1] , one washerwoman seems to be turning into the Howth Head, while the other one, 'in the other shore', may be turning into Dubh-Ghaill [2] , that means 'dark stranger' and, incidentally, was only separated from Howth Head by a tiny tongue of Dublin Bay water back when the Head was an island.
However, someone more versed than me in Irish toponyms could perchance offer a better explanation along those lines...
