Irish place names in other countries
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This is a list of places in countries other than Ireland named for 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.
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In the United States
- Derry/Londonderry
- Derry, New Hampshire
- Derry, Pennsylvania
- Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
- Derry Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania
- Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Londonderry, New Hampshire
- Londonderry, Vermont
- Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Antrim
- Antrim, Louisiana
- Antrim, Michigan
- Antrim, New Hampshire
- Antrim, New York
- Antrim, Ohio
- Antrim, Pennsylvania
- Antrim County, Michigan
- Antrim Township, Michigan
- Antrim Township, Minnesota
- Antrim Township, Pennsylvania
Canada
- Ballyhack
- Ballyhack, Newfoundland
- Limerick
- Limerick Township Ontario, Canada
Scotland (anciently)
The following derive from old poetic names in Gaelic for Ireland.
Also from Ireland/Eire.
- Strathearn (Srath Eireann)
England
- Beckory (in Somerset, from Becc Eriu, Old Irish for little Ireland)
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See also
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