The story
- Irish · derived fromOrbhraighe
- English todayorrery
Named after Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1676–1731), for whom such a device was made. The placename is from Irish Orbhraighe, originally the name of a tribe (Orbh-raighe (“Orb's people”)), and then of a territory and a barony.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.