Wexford’s place names explored on John Creedon’s new TV show
WEXFORD’S history is set to be showcased this Sunday, March 7, with a new series of RTE’s Creedon’s Atlas of Ireland exploring the true meaning of some of Ireland’s most unusual place names.
The first of three episodes sees John travel to Wexford and Cork as well as a place that isn’t exactly on the map.
He investigates the controversial historical circumstances around how the name of the State came to be Ireland, alongside Fintan O’Toole and Diarmaid Ferriter as they take him through the stages of how Ireland came to be named.
John follows in the footsteps of place names Officer John O’Donovan as he investigates a missing 4,000-year-old burial cairn in Wexford, as well as visiting Fort Mountain, just outside of Wexford town.
A man on a mission, in the hour-long show John will be teasing and exploring the true meaning behind some of Ireland’s most unusual, iconic and famous place names discovering lost meanings and uncovering hidden folklore, forgotten history, secret architecture and obscure topography of towns, cities, villages, highways and byways that give rise to Ireland’s place names.
John will also travel to Galway, Dublin and Clare throughout the series and he had has high praise for the team who worked with him along the way.
‘It was a remarkable experience as it was always on-again and off-again in line with HSE and Government guidelines, but when we got the opportunity to film, it was great. We have such a beautiful country,’ he said.
The series begins this Sunday on RTE One.