Ptolemy’s Irish Names
Linen Hall Library 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, United KingdomMore than fifty geographical names from the island of Ireland were recorded by the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemaius in his Geography, c. 150 AD. Although his own map has not survived, it is known from medieval copies and from the names and co-ordinates recorded in the text of the Geography. The names recorded by Ptolemy […]