| The placename literally means 'the small church of Davnet' and refers to the 7th Century saint Dympna who built a small church here. |
| If they could not answer they were hoisted upside down and ceremonially beaten three times on the rear before being told the placename. |
| The placename may reflect worship of Thor there by Danes during the Viking Age rather than by Angles during the Roman Iron Age. |
| In a referendum held earlier today, its residents voted overwhelming to readopt its English name and save it from the imposition of the Irish placename, An Daingean. |
| In the meantime, wood was more likely to be seen as a word in an ancient placename than on the ground. |
| Surely a touch more imagination is available in this place to deal with the legacy of a past where we can't even agree on a placename. |
