Talk:Upperlands

Irish
How on earth is the word 'Upperlands' 'from' the Irish words Áth an Phoirt Leathain ?

It is clear that various words such as Amfordlan, and Ampertaine clearly are but to try and suggest that the modern name Upperlands is also similarity derived is just silly and seems like a petty attempt to stick Irish into an article.

Simply out the name of the village was ring ally, as seen in early maps, called 'Amfordlan' clearly derived from the Irish however the name Upperlands (which would translate to tailte uachtair in Irish) which has been the village's name for over three centuries is most probably either derived from how the Clark family described where their factory was while at market in Belfast (as one of the author Wallace Clark suggest) or more like how the Scotch settlers in the Scotch Tirgarvil area saw and described the locality around them - which would at least explain the sudden move away from Names like Amfordlan around the time of the plantation.

I haven't changed the article yet, but do feel a discussion is needed.

CarsonTheCat (talk) 00:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)