Eblana

Eblana is the name of an ancient settlement in Hibernia, now Ireland, probably on the site of present-day Dublin.

The settlement is mentioned under the name Eblana polis (Greek Ἔβλανα πόλις ) of Claudius Ptolemy in a list of places on the east coast of Hibernia. Ptolemy locates the city between two estuaries, namely the mouth of the Oboka (possibly the Liffey ) and the Buvinda (today Boyne ).

Some historians believe that the name Eblana is an alienation of Deblana. Deblana itself is a version of the Gaelic name Dubh Linn ( Black pond ), from which the English name of the city of Dublin is derived. Apparently ancient geographers have often omitted the first letter of places; instead of Pepiacum or Pepidii ( in Wales) wrote Ptolemy Epiacum and Epidii. This would mean for the city of Dublin, a 2000 year old history, because the city needs at the time of Ptolemy have long existed.

The identification is not without controversy. If the flow Oboka is identified with the Liffey, Eblana would directly at the mouth, for this reason the Oboka was also identified alternatively with the opening out at Arklow Avoca River. As an alternative to the Dublin Drumanagh peninsula has been proposed as localization for Eblana.

The small Eblana Theatre, opened in 1959 until the early 1990s, was located on the ground floor of Busáras, Dublin's central bus station of Bus Éireann.

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