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In later Gaelic literature the primitive form Eriu became the dissyllable Eire; hence the Norsemen called the island the land of Eire, i.e.
In blackwood with imitation ivory mounts Made in Eire.
The wife of the first was Eire, and from her the name of the country was derived.
