Since 1987 the Queen's University at Belfast has been developing the ‘Northern Ireland Place-Name Project’ and compiling an incredible database of names that sometimes date back over a thousand years.
In compiling the Derry city section the compendium draws heavily on John Bryson's seminal 'Derry's Streets'. Other sources, including George Vaughan Sampson's map of Co. Derry of 1814, are also cited.
Some of the meanings suggested in the database are open to interpretation and debate but make for fascinating reading.
Based in Queen’s University, the project works in collaboration with Land and Property Services in the Department of Finance in providing a free online database of our local place-names (www.placenamesni.org. This is accompanied by an interactive searchable map of historical names (townlands, parishes, baronies and counties) which is provided by LPS.
5. Eden Terrace (Ardan an Éadáin). Named from Edenballymore townland. Edenballymore (Éadan Baile Mór), meaning ‘hill face of the great/big townland'. This townland appears to begin with the common term éadan ‘hill-face’, which is qualified by the compound Baile Mór 'big/great townland'. Also known colloquially as 'the gander's neck' due to the chicane onto Argyle Terrace at the top.
Eden Terrace (Ardan an Éadáin). Named from Edenballymore townland. Edenballymore (Éadan Baile Mór), meaning ‘hill face of the great/big townland'. This townland appears to begin with the common term éadan ‘hill-face’, which is qualified by the compound Baile Mór 'big/great townland'. Also known colloquially as 'the gander's neck' due to the chicane onto Argyle Terrace at the top.
6. Ederowen Park (Páirc Eadarabhainn). Ballyederowen is the townland in which Burnfoot village, Co. Donegal, is located. (Dictionary of Ulster Placenames). From the Irish Bhaile idir Dhá Abhainn - 'the town between two rivers'.
Ederowen Park (Páirc Eadarabhainn). Ballyederowen is the townland in which Burnfoot village, Co. Donegal, is located. (Dictionary of Ulster Placenames). From the Irish Bhaile idir Dhá Abhainn - 'the town between two rivers'.