161: #161 | Cill or Coill? Recurring Styles in Placenames Pt. 1

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, midnight

b"A lot of placenames in Ireland begin with Kil-. Sometimes this is a reference to a church, sometimes it refers to a woodland. Sometimes both. What's going on? Did the early Christians steal holy sites from the pagan druids or something?\\xa0\\n\\n\\nIn the first of a set of episodes, Darach, Gear\\xf3id\\xedn and Peadar look at some of the recurring features in Irish placenames. This week it's Cill and Coill.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nThere's also some discussion of the Luas Red Line, the airport bus, the Germans and fax machines. It's all quite relevant.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nThe views expressed by Gear\\xf3id\\xedn McEvoy on this episode are not the views of Headstuff, its advertisers or clients.\\xa0\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nSupport Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach\\xa0\\n\\n\\nGet Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/\\xa0\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nContact the show:\\n\\n\\nwhatsapp - +353894784713\\n\\n\\n\\ntwitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor\\n\\n\\nemail - motherfocloir@headstuff.org\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\n\\nWant to record your own podcast?\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nCheck out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie\\n\\n\\n\\nOr do it online at https://remotely.fm/?coddle\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"