Etymology

Fermoy

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Today it means: An inland town in east County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 8098). Full definition →

Irish Fir Maí
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromFir Maí
  2. English todayFermoy

From Irish Fir Maí (literally “men of the plain”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.