List of Irish place names in other countries

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See also: Place names in Ireland and List of Irish exonyms

This is a partial or incomplete list of places in countries other than Ireland named after places in Ireland.

Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland.

It might be noted that the following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place name.

Common placenames in multiple countries[]

United States[]

List of place names of native Irish origin in the United States. This is far from a complete list[1][2]

Alabama[]

Arizona[]

  • McGuireville, Arizona
  • Kearny, Arizona

Arkansas[]

California[]

  • Berkeley
  • Corcoran, California
  • Downey, California
  • Cloverdale, California
  • Dublin, California

Colorado[]

  • Crowley, Colorado
  • Dillon, Colorado
  • Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Sheridan, Colorado
  • Ward, Colorado

Delaware[]

Florida[]

Georgia (U.S. state)[]

  • Carroll County
  • Dougherty County
  • Dublin, Georgia
  • Grady County
  • Wayne County named after Anthony Wayne

Idaho[]

  • Rathdrum

Indiana[]

Iowa[]

  • Avoca, Iowa
  • Emmetsburg, Iowa
  • Magill Creek
  • McCausland
  • McKee

Kansas[]

  • Finney County
  • Kearny County

Maine[]

Maryland[]

  • Baltimore
  • Banks O'Dee
  • Dundalk, Maryland

New York[]

Michigan[]

  • Antrim County, Michigan
  • Clare County, Michigan
  • Dublin, Michigan
  • Emmet County, Michigan
  • McBrides
  • Roscommon
  • Waterford Township, Michigan
  • Wexford County, Michigan

Minnesota[]

  • McGrath

Missouri[]

Nevada[]

  • McDermitt

New Hampshire[]

  • Antrim, New Hampshire
  • Colebrook, New Hampshire
  • Derry, New Hampshire
  • Derryfield, New Hampshire
  • Dublin, New Hampshire
  • Hillsborough, New Hampshire
  • Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
  • Kilkenny, New Hampshire
  • Londonderry, New Hampshire
  • McDermott Bridge
  • Stewartstown, New Hampshire
  • Sullivan County, New Hampshire

North Carolina[]

  • Dublin, North Carolina
  • Murphy, North Carolina

North Dakota[]

  • Bantry, North Dakota

Ohio[]

Oklahoma[]

Pennsylvania[]

South Carolina[]

Tennessee[]

Texas[]

Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

Places named after Irish provinces[]

  • Munster
    • Munster Township, Pennsylvania
    • Munster, Indiana

Placenames by Northern Irish county[]

Placenames by Republic of Ireland county[]

Canada[]

Australasia[]

New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Papua New Guinea
  • New Ireland (island)
  • New Ireland Province

France[]

Great Britain[]

Scotland

The following come from the Scottish Gaelic Èireann meaning "Ireland":

  • Auldearn (Allt Èireann)
  • Bridge of Earn (Drochaid Èireann)
  • Findhorn (Inbhir Èireann)
  • Loch Earn (Loch Èireann)
  • Lochearnhead (Ceann Loch Èireann)
  • Strathearn (Srath Èireann)

The following come from Fódla, Banbha and Eilg, which are poetic names for Ireland:

  • Atholl (Athfhotla)
  • Banff (Banbha)
  • Elgin (Eilginn)
  • Glenelg (Gleann Eilg)
England
  • Beckery, Somerset (from Bec Eriu, Old Irish for "Little Ireland"; the name was likely brought to England by an Irishman recruited by Vikings)
  • Ranelagh Gardens

Africa[]

  • Athlone, Cape Town
  • Bantry Bay, Cape Town
  • Belfast, South Africa
  • Cashel, Zimbabwe
  • - see Clifton, Cape Town
  • Dublin, Banana Islands, Sierra Leone
  • Killarney, Zimbabwe
  • Kylemore, Western Cape

Central and South America[]

Spain[]

The Caribbean[]

Beyond Earth[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Master Book of Irish Surnames: Locations, Ethnic Origins, Variant Spellings & Sources by Michael C. O'Laughlin
  2. ^ The Surnames of Ireland by Edward MacLysaght
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