Horse and Jockey Village - I wonder how it got its name
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325105)
Rockingham, Australia
June 8, 2019 2:57pm CST
Every country has its strange place names. Australia has at least its share if not more than its share. So I hope you won’t think I’m being rude or disrespectful by sharing this photo of a road sign pointing the way to a village called ‘Horse and Jockey’.
Horse and Jockey is in County Tipperary. There seems no clear reason for its name.
In 1980, the ‘Derrynaflan hoard’ was discovered near the village. These 8th or 9th century religious objects are believed to have been hidden on an island of dry land in Liskeveen bog during Viking raids of the 10th and 11th centuries.
Some, probably most, Irish villages have incredible histories. I find them really fascinating.
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@arunima25 (85239)
• Bangalore, India
9 Jun 19
That's a strange name! But will definitely be easier to remember. 
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@moffittjc (118300)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jun 19
We have many towns in Florida that were obviously named by northerners who flocked to our state in the winter for it's warm weather. Check out theses names: Winter Haven, Winter Garden, Winter Park, Holiday, Frostproof and Christmas.
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@moffittjc (118300)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jun 19
@JudyEv They are tiny little towns. Christmas is always fun to drive through. They keep Christmas decorations up all year round!
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@JudyEv (325105)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jun 19
@moffittjc You could ask them but I doubt they'd understand the joke!
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@AliCanary (3041)
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8 Jun 19
Unlike with Thurles and Holy Cross, the Irish (Erse) name for Horse and Jockey doesn't seem to correspond to the English one. I wonder what it means? (I'm assuming "On" means "village of")
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@JudyEv (325105)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jun 19
@AliCanary I don't know what levels I am. I've been really hitting the German this week as we're going there tomorrow to stay with a friend's Dad. She speaks English but he speaks very little. I concentrated on French because I thought I'd need that more.
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@AliCanary (3041)
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13 Jun 19
@JudyEv - Duolingo has Gaelic (which is more a Scottish language), and I'm tempted, but I absolutely have to become fluent in something before I take on new projects. I tested my levels and I'm only A2.1 in Spanish and A2.2 in French :/
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
9 Jun 19
without a doubt some of the most amazing names :-)
My all time favorite though is outside Milwaukee Wisconsin. Ogema Wiscson. We used to pronounce it Oh Gee MA!
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@JudyEv (325105)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 19
@DocAndersen Is it anything? I thought it was just a name.
@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
10 Jun 19
@JudyEv truly, I am still trying to figure out what a Canberra is....
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@snowy22315 (169474)
• United States
9 Jun 19
I sometimes wonder how places got their names too. Some of the town's in Pennsylvania are named for coal or coal mines,
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@JudyEv (325105)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 19
Lots of Australian place names commemorate places in the UK.
@ptrikha_2 (45416)
• India
9 Jun 19
Sometimes keeping a name has its significance which gets lost over a period of time.
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@JudyEv (325105)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 19
Yes, that's very true. It might have made sense once but not any more.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
9 Jun 19
I love to hear that items that were buried years ago are found. It is so interesting to see what was important long ago...
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Jun 19
I love your travels, I would have never seen this sign if not for you!
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@JudyEv (325105)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 19
Thanks. I'm always on the lookout for new things. It's nice to have myLot as somewhere to share my photos.
