- town's
situation on the
mouth of the
River Fal. The
Cornish language name,
Aberfal or Aberfala, is of
identical meaning. In 1540,
Henry VIII
built Pendennis...
- place-name
Cornish place-name
Translation Truro Truru Three Roads Falmouth Aberfal Mouth [of] Fal
Newquay Tewynn Pleustri Dunes [of]
Pleustri Penzance Pennsans...
-
Penwith 1999 Heyl/Hayle 2000
Aberfal/Falmouth 2001 Sen
Colom / St
Columb Gwaynten/Spring 2002
Castel Pendynas,
Aberfal / Pendennis,
Falmouth Autumn 2002...
- Ildut [fr], Aber Wrac'h, L'Aber,
Crozon The
Cornish names of
Falmouth (
Aberfal) and
Plymouth (Aberplymm).
Aberford in West
Yorkshire has a
different origin...
-
Manche French Mor
Bretannek Cornish Exeter Caerwysg Exeter English Falmouth Aberfal Aberfala Cornish Firth of
Forth Moryd Gweryd, Aber
Gweryd Linne Foirthe...
-
Festival (Castlewellan,
Northern Ireland) AberFest, held in
Falmouth (
Aberfal) (alternating with Breizh-Kernow
Festival in Brittany) Perranzabuloe, Lowender...
-
Egloskeri Civil parish 374
Cornwall Kernow Launceston Rural District Falmouth Aberfal Town 26,767
Cornwall Kernow Falmouth Muni****l
Borough Feock Lannfiek Civil...
- Kernow:
Byrth Noweth/New
Bards Gwaynten/Spring 2002:
Castel Pendynas,
Aberfal/Pendennis, Falmouth" (in
Cornish and English).
Gorseth Kernow. Archived...
- examples.
Other Brythonic examples include Falmouth (which is
known as
Aberfal in Cornish), and Aber Wrac'h in Brittany. The most
likely explanation is...
-
continues today with Cornish-Breton
festivals such as 'AberFest' in
Falmouth (
Aberfal) and the
twinning of
Cornish and
Breton towns. The
Gorseth Kernow (or gorsedh)...
