List of Irish place names in other countries
The following places in countries other than Ireland are 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.
The following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place name. Places named for Irish words but which are not current or historical places in Ireland are excluded.
Common placenames in multiple countries
Antrim
Athlone
Avoca
- Avoca, Arkansas
- Avoca, Florida
- Avoca, Indiana
- Avoca, Iowa
- Avoca, Louisville, Kentucky (neighborhood)
- Avoca, Minnesota
- Avoca, Nebraska
- Avoca, New South Wales
- Avoca, New York
- Avoca, New Zealand
- Avoca, Pennsylvania
- Avoca, Queensland
- Avoca, South Africa
- Avoca, Tasmania
- Avoca, Texas
- Avoca, Victoria
- Avoca, West Virginia
- Avoca, Wisconsin
- Avoca Beach, New South Wales
- Avoca Lake, New South Wales
- Avoca River, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Avoca River, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
- Avoca River, Victoria
- Avoca Township, Livingston County, Illinois
- North Avoca, New South Wales
Belfast
- Belfast, Clermont County, Ohio
- Belfast, Georgia
- Belfast, Highland County, Ohio
- Belfast, Maine
- Belfast, Missouri
- Belfast, Mpumalanga
- Belfast, Nebraska
- Belfast, New York
- Belfast, New Zealand
- Belfast, Pennsylvania
- Belfast, Prince Edward Island
- Belfast, Tennessee
- Belfast Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
- Belfast Township, Murray County, Minnesota
Cashel
Cavan
Clare
Clontarf
Coleraine/Colerain
- Colerain, North Carolina
- Colerain, Ohio
- Colerain Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio
- Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
- Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio
- Coleraine, Victoria
- Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Quebec
Derry
Dublin
- Dublin, Banana Islands
- Dublin, California
- Dublin, Florida
- Dublin, Georgia
- Dublin, Indiana
- Dublin, Kentucky
- Dublin, Maryland
- Dublin, Missouri
- Dublin, New Hampshire
- Dublin, North Carolina
- Dublin, Ohio
- Dublin, Pennsylvania
- Dublin, South Australia
- Dublin, Virginia
- Dublin Township, Swift County, Minnesota
- Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio
- Dublin Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
- Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania
Donegal
(anglicised version of Éire, meaning Ireland)
Fingal
Ireland
Kildare
Kilkenny
Killarney
- Killarney, Calgary, Alberta (neighborhood)
- Killarney, Edmonton, Alberta (neighborhood)
- Killarney, Florida
- Killarney, Gauteng
- Killarney, Georgia
- Killarney, Manitoba
- Killarney, Ontario
- Killarney, Queensland
- Killarney, Vancouver, British Columbia (neighborhood)
- Killarney, Victoria
- Killarney, Zimbabwe
- Killarney Heights, New South Wales
- Killarney Station, Northern Territory, Australia
- Killarney Vale, New South Wales
Limerick
Londonderry
- Cape Londonderry (Australia)
- Londonderry, Edmonton, Alberta (neighborhood)
- Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio
- Londonderry, New Hampshire
- Londonderry, New South Wales
- Londonderry, North Yorkshire
- Londonderry, Nova Scotia
- Londonderry, Ross County, Ohio
- Londonderry, West Midlands
- Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Londonderry Township, Ohio
- North Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania
- South Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania
Longford
Munster
Tyrone
- Lower Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania
- Tyrone, Coshocton County, Ohio
- Tyrone, Georgia
- Tyrone, Kentucky
- Tyrone, Morrow County, Ohio
- Tyrone, New Mexico
- Tyrone, New York
- Tyrone, Ontario
- Tyrone, Pennsylvania
- Tyrone Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
- Tyrone Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Waterford
Wexford
Africa
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Zimbabwe
United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland)
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
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:
Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
- Ballycroy, Adjala-Tosorontio
- Caledon
- Carlingford
- Carlow/Mayo
- Cashel
- Cavan-Monaghan
- Corktown, Toronto
- Dundalk
- Dublin
- Erin
- Erindale, Mississauga
- Fingal
- Galway-Cavendish-Harvey
- Killaloe
- Killarney
- Kilrush
- Leitrim
- Limerick
- Listowel
- Malahide
- Maynooth
- Navan
- Otonabee–South Monaghan
- Tramore
- Tudor and Cashel
- Tullamore
- Tyrone
- Westmeath
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Argentina
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- Antrim
- Antrim Township
- Belfast, Clermont County
- Belfast, Highland County
- Colerain
- Colerain Township, Belmont County
- Colerain Township, Hamilton County
- Colerain Township, Ross County
- Dublin
- Dublin Township
- Limerick
- Londonderry, Guernsey County
- Londonderry, Ross County
- New Waterford
- Tyrone, Coshocton County
- Tyrone, Morrow County
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Antrim
- Antrim Township
- Armagh
- Armagh Township
- Avoca
- Avonmore
- Belfast
- Belfast Township
- Colerain Township, Bedford County
- Colerain Township, Lancaster County
- Derry
- Derry Township, Dauphin County
- Derry Township, Mifflin County
- Derry Township, Montour County
- Derry Township, Westmoreland County
- Donegal
- Donegal Township, Butler County
- Donegal Township, Washington County
- Donegal Township, Westmoreland County
- Drumore Township/East Drumore Township
- Dublin
- Dublin Township, Fulton County
- Dublin Township, Huntingdon County
- Duncannon
- East Donegal Township/West Donegal Township
- Fermanagh Township
- Letterkenny Township
- Limerick Township
- Lisburn
- Londonderry Township, Bedford County
- Londonderry Township, Chester County
- Londonderry Township, Dauphin County
- Lower Tyrone Township/Upper Tyrone Township
- Lurgan Township
- Monaghan Township
- Munster Township
- Newry
- North Londonderry Township/South Londonderry Township
- North Strabane Township/South Strabane Township
- Sligo
- Tyrone
- Tyrone Township, Adams County
- Tyrone Township, Blair County
- Tyrone Township, Perry County
- Ulster Township
- Upper Dublin Township
- Warrenpoint
- Waterford
- Wexford
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Australia
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
South America
Chile
Jamaica
Montserrat
- Cork Hill, Saint Anthony Parish[7]
Beyond Earth
See also
- List of Ireland-related topics
- Scottish place names in other countries
- List of non-US places that have a US place named after them
References
- ^ "Get to know New Waterford". Village of New Waterford. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Wexford". Scarborough Historical Society. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The origin of certain place names in the United States. p. 322. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "The History of the Village of Innisfree Alberta Canada". Village of Innisfree. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Kildare Neighbourhood Profile" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 1. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Kilkenny Neighbourhood Profile" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 1. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Cork Hill, Parish of Saint Anthony, Montserrat".
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