BRABHSÁIL

Ordlathas

contae

barúntacht

paróiste dlí

baile fearainn

baile fearainn
Fearann an Dóchais
ginideach: Fhearann an Dóchais
(Gaeilge)
Hopeland
(Béarla)

Gluais

Béarla land

Ordlathas

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  • English

    This English place-name refers to a portion of Wexford Harbour which was reclaimed in the early nineteenth century. The project ultimately failed and most of the area was once again inundated by the sea (see Furlong, 1996, pp.83–9).

    The Irish form of the name is a translation.

    [It has recently been claimed that the initial element of Hopeland is derived from Old Norse ‘Hóp(r), in this case a bay sheltered by Rosslare point – a long narrow extension of the wider sandspit’ [(details to be added)]. (ON hóp is explained by Zoëga as “a small land-locked bay or inlet (connected with the sea)”.) There is absolutely no evidence for this, however, and there is nothing to suggest the existence of a place-name such as Hope or Hope Island here prior to the reclamation of the land from the sea (see for example Chart XXIII on Mackenzie’s detailed Maritime Atlas of 1775). The name Hopeland would appear simply to refer to the aspiration that the area reclaimed would be bountiful. A parallel development is reflected in the townland name Hopefield (#53419) in the parish of Horetown, a late English creation that at some stage during the eighteenth century replaced the older name ‘Ballygortagh’, from Baile Gortach “barren, poor town(land)”, evidently after improvements had been made to the land there (see Townland Names of County Wexford pp.1040–41). Hopefield is surely situated far enough inland to discourage any speculation of derivation from a Viking sea-inlet, and the history of the name would appear to provide corroboration for the productive use of the Modern English word hope, in the same sense as in Hopeland, in the later toponymy of south Wexford. Compare derogatory field-names such as Hopeless Meadow, No Hope, etc., found in England (see A New Dictionary of English Field-Names (2018) p.241).]

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1840
Hopeland
BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 22
1840
Hopeland
Elrington, C. R., Rev.:AL (LG)
1840
Hopeland
OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 22
1840
Hopeland
Rice:AL (LG)
1840
Hopeland
Rowe, W.:AL (LG) Ros Láir
1840
Hopeland
Tanner:AL (LG) Ros Láir

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