HOW Ireland’s county KILDARE got its NAME
Kildare comes from the Irish “Cill Dara,” meaning “church of the oak,” from “cill” (church) and “dara” (oak), referring to a…
HOW Ireland’s county KILKENNY got its NAME
Kilkenny comes from the Irish “Cill Chainnigh,” meaning “church of Canice,” named after St. Canice, a 6th-century monk who founded a…