Note 98b — NOTES ON PARISHES ROUND HORNCASTLE. (continued 3)
Reading edition
Mr. Taylor (“Words and Places” p. 130) says, “the names of our rivers are Celtic (i.e. British).” There is a river Ben, in Co. Mayo; Bandon, Co. Cork; Bann, Co. Wexford; Bana, Co. Down; Bannon (Ban-avon), in Pembrokeshire; Banney, in Yorkshire; and Bain, in Hertfordshire.