Erin

Categories: History of Ireland | Irish mythology

This article is about the romantic name for Ireland, for other uses see Erin (disambiguation).

Erin is an anglicization of Irish Éirinn, the dative case of Éire, the Irish word for "Ireland". According to Irish mythology and folklore, the name was given to the land by the Milesians after the goddess Ériu. Nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland, as shown in the catchphrase when speaking of Ireland's experiences with Britain, "Let Erin Remember".pl:Erin