[Facts] Re: Arlo?
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Arlo seems to have been created by the poet Edmund Spenser for the name of a hill where the gods debate in his 1596 epic poem "The Faerie Queen". Experts think the fictional Arlo Hill is the same as a real hill in Ireland called Galtee More or Galtymore, and that Arlo is Spenser's alteration of Aherlow, the name of the glen which is next to Galtee More:
http://flickr.com/photos/8164399@N08/1548835335
http://www.tipp.ie/placesofinterest/aherlow-failte.htm
http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=14
http://flickr.com/photos/8164399@N08/1548835335
http://www.tipp.ie/placesofinterest/aherlow-failte.htm
http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=14
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And what is the origin and meaning of Aherlow? TIA.
According to the following site, "The name ‘Aherlow’ is derived from the Irish, ‘eathralach’ meaning between two highlands."
http://www.cashel.ie/activities/walking/aherlow.htm
http://www.cashel.ie/activities/walking/aherlow.htm
Thank you!