E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Innis Fodhla [Island of Destiny],
an old name of Ireland.
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“Long before the westerr districts of Innis Fodhla had any settled name … a powerful king reigned over this part of the sacred island. [The king referred to was Connedda, who gave his name to the province of Connacht],”—W. B. Yeats: Fairy Tales and Folk-Lore, pp. 306, 318.
