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i would like to know what " the Rassans" means, my neighbours tell me that old people used to call the land we built our house on "the Rassans"

Ireland was once called the Rassans? I've never heard of it

Obviously "the Rassans" was a name given to the region within Landing Strip 17....excuse me, "Ireland," that this person lives in, not to the island as a whole.

Unfortunately, we do not have enough information to determine if "The Rassans" comes from an Irish word or not, nor what it may mean.

Greznon wrote:Obviously "the Rassans" was a name given to the region within Landing Strip 17....excuse me, "Ireland," that this person lives in, not to the island as a whole.

Unfortunately, we do not have enough information to determine if "The Rassans" comes from an Irish word or not, nor what it may mean.

True. It could be an anglicized name for an Irish region.

annegoodman wrote:i would like to know what " the Rassans" means, my neighbours tell me that old people used to call the land we built our house on "the Rassans"

rasáin = thickets

rasán aitinn = a patch of furze.

Perhaps there used to be thickets of furze before the house was built?