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by IndiaLOVE (Sophannagh)
11/15/2008, 11:13 AM
Does anyone have any information on the origins/meaning of this name? It's the name of my friend's younger brother (the family being of English/Irish origin), but I've never heard it used anywhere else.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doubt thou the stars art fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
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But never doubt I love...www.opheliacsannonymous.blogspot.com
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)   +3
11/15/2008, 12:12 PM
Arlo seems to have been created by the poet Edmund Spenser for the name of a hill where the gods debate in his 1596 epic poem "The Faerie Queen". Experts think the fictional Arlo Hill is the same as a real hill in Ireland called Galtee More or Galtymore, and that Arlo is Spenser's alteration of Aherlow, the name of the glen which is next to Galtee More:http://flickr.com/photos/8164399@N08/1548835335http://www.tipp.ie/placesofinterest/aherlow-failte.htmhttp://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=14
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- lac (guest)   +1
11/17/2008, 8:53 PM
And what is the origin and meaning of Aherlow? TIA.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
11/20/2008, 4:07 PM
According to the following site, "The name ‘Aherlow’ is derived from the Irish, ‘eathralach’ meaning between two highlands."http://www.cashel.ie/activities/walking/aherlow.htm
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- IndiaLOVE (Sophannagh)
11/16/2008, 12:47 AM
Thank you!
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