Aryan is a Sanskrit word meaning one who is 'noble' and as it became the name of a powerful country of the Middle East now known as 'Iran' it is said by many that 'Aryan' was once the original name for the green lands of Ireland.

 

'Arya' meaning 'noble' becomes the Celtic 'Aryo' meaning 'freeman' which becomes the Old Irish 'Aire' meaning 'freeman' and 'noble' and this is said to form 'Eire' and 'Ireland' which are said to mean 'the land of the noble ones'.

 

Academics of course disagree citing a different source and although they may be correct we should not think their conclusions are purely scientific as there is a lot at stake, how we see ourselves, our identity, determines our future course.

 

 

Celtic Historian Peter Beresford Ellis writes "To demonstrate similarities between Old Irish and Sanskrit, we refer to arya ( freeman ) in Sanskrit, from which Aryan comes from and in Old Irish the cognate is 'Aire' meaning  'noble'."

 

Ulick J. Bourke writes "All these different migrations came from the Keltic family and all spoke the same language. All Aryan. Thus the ancient annals of Ireland accord most wonderfully with the teachings of comparative philology.".

 

And Dr Stephen Edred Flowers, author of The Book of Ogham writes "the first element in the names Ire-land and Ira-n are the same liguistically, and both are related to the Arya-ns of India".

 

 

Ireland identifies itself as 'Tuatha De Danam' the 'children of Danu' a civilisation arriving upon Ireland 4000 years ago, the same Danu which forms the rivers 'Danube' 'Don' 'Dnieper' 'Dneister' and the Vedic river goddess Devi Danu.

Upon the island of Bali, a Vedic enclave, we see within the middle of a beautiful lake a central temple known as 'Pura Ulul Danu Bratan' meaning 'goddess Danu is in charge of this lake' and in the Vedas we find the following description.

 

“Danu represents an ever-flowing stream of celestial grace which purifies and fertilises the earth. The earthy manifestation of Danu as a river thus represents only a partial disclosure of her being”.

 

 

The descendants of the children of Danu are known within the Celtic folklore of Ireland, Scotland and Wales as 'Sidh' 'Si' and 'Sith' a name which describes the gods and the goddesses and the nature spirits who descend from goddess Danu.

 

Sidh and Sith also means the people of the mounds and throughout Ireland, Scotland and Wales they are said to be seen upon hills, mounds, rings, trees, lochs, woods and the wild and untouched enclaves of mother nature.

 

Sidhis are guardians and protectors of the land, trees, mounds, lakes, mountains and forests, and for those who destroyed such lands they were cursed by these spirits, hence in ancient times great care was placed upon human footprints.

 

 

As Danu is a Sanskrit name so 'Sidh' and 'Sith' are related to the 'Siddhis' and 'Siddhas' of India meaning that which is 'perfect' 'supernatural' 'divine' its root being the Sanskrit 'Sidh' meaning that which binds ( si ) to the light ( dh ).

 

The 'light' one binds to is the light of the soul and illumination which this Sanskrit 'Sidh' represents, as seen in its secondary meaning of attaining the highest and becoming perfect, all expressions of mystical and spiritual states.

 

'Siddha' meaning that which is 'perfected' is seen in 'Siddhanta' whose meaning is the end ( anta ) of perfection ( sidha ) and its seen in 'Siddhartha' a name for the Buddha whose meaning is one who has perfected ( sidha ) his purpose ( artha ).

 

 

Are the names Eire and Ireland remnants of the word Aryan, an Ancient term meaning land of the nobles ? It seems one would need supporting evidence and as we see it exists both in its history and culture as well as its Celtic language.

 

One of the most common names throughout Ireland is 'Bally' a prefix to over 5000 place names and its meaning which is town and township is from the Gaelic 'Baile' whose meaning is 'town' 'home' 'place' and 'dwelling'.

 

The source of this Baile is said to be the Pre Celtic 'Bhu-alio' whose meaning is 'the place where one dwells' and 'the place where one is' and the source of this is the Ancient Sanskrit 'Bhu' whose meaning is to 'be' to 'become' to 'exist'.

 

 

Bally becomes 'Ballinrooaun' meaning rowans ( rooaun ) town ( bally ) a name possessing 'Rudhira' a word from Sanskrit meaning 'red' related to the European 'Reudh' meaning 'red' which becomes 'Rowan' a tree named due to its red berries.

 

Bally becomes 'Ballybuck' 'Ballynabuckaun' 'Ballynabucky' meaning town ( bally ) of the buck, a name possessing 'Bukka' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'goat' which becomes Old English 'Bucca' meaning 'male goat' and seen in these place names.

 

Bally becomes 'Ballynahowna' meaning town ( bally ) of the river ( abhainn ) a name which also possesses 'Avani' a word from Sanskrit meaning 'river' 'stream' and 'bed of a river' the Irish 'Abhainn' is seen in many of their place names.

 

 

Baile becomes 'Balmerino' meaning the town ( bal ) of the sea ( muir ) a name possessing 'Mira' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'Sea' as seen in 'Windermere' and 'Kashmir' and also 'Merlin' whose name means the sea ( mer ) fort ( lin ).

 

Bally becomes 'Ballymena' meaning middle ( meath ) town ( bally ) which also possesses 'Madhya' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'middle' which becomes the European 'Medhyo' and Irish 'Meath' meaning 'middle' as seen in 'Ballymena'.

 

Bally becomes 'Balcarrig' meaning townland ( bal ) of the rock ( carrig ) a name possessing 'Khara' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'hard' which becomes the Indo/euro 'Kar' meaning 'hard' and Old Irish 'Carrac' meaning 'rock'.

 

 

Ballinteine is the Celtic god of the Sun 'Bel' as in the fires ( teine ) of Bel, a name possessing 'Tapas' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'heat' which becomes 'Tep' and 'Tepid' meaning 'warm' and the Irish 'Tene' meaning 'fire' as seen in 'Ballinteine'.

 

Baile becomes 'Ballyarr' meaning the town ( bally ) of the well ( artha ) cultivated land, a name possessing 'Artha' a word in Sanskrit meaning 'noble' and 'purpose' and 'honourable' and this is related to the Celtic 'Artha' meaning 'high'.

 

As mentioned previously there are over 5000 place names throughout Ireland which possess the prefix 'Bally' whose root is the Sanskrit 'Bhu' and as we have seen there are a number of them whose full name is related to Sanskrit.