Etymology

Mitchelstown

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Today it means: A town in northern County Cork, Ireland. Full definition →

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The story

From Mitchel + -s- + town; named after an Anglo-Norman family called “St Michel” who founded a settlement close to the site of the present town in the 13th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.