By The Associated Press PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland—The enormous yellow scoreboard above the 18th green at Royal Portrush perfectly illustrated the state of golf these days. Scottie Scheffler’s name was at the top. No one was close. That’s how it was in the British Open on Sunday, when Scheffler never gave anyone a chance from the […]
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The name Ireland means “land of abundance” or “fertile land,” deriving from the Old Irish word Éire, which itself comes from a Proto-Celtic root referring to fertile soil, possibly linked to a Celtic goddess of sovereignty, Eriu. The English name “Ireland” is formed by adding the suffix “-land” to the Irish “Éire,” and it also carries poetic names like the “Emerald Isle” or historical names like “Hibernia”.
