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Mabinogi Names in the real world.

HelsaHelsa
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At my local grocery store there's a guy named Ruairi. I was futzing around in google maps and game across this!

Post any you find!

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  • ThePravinThePravin
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    Resists urge to begin posting lists of Irish and Welsh individuals, locations, and businesses
  • HelsaHelsa
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    I meant found in places where they would not necessarily be common. Did I need to mention that? I assumed the folks here would have understood that; have I misread my audience?
  • ThePravinThePravin
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    I mean I said I was resisting though im not sure how unexpected finding these things in Winnipeg is. Pretty sure its had a sizable Irish population for a while
  • HelsaHelsa
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    I would not be surprised if there was a lot of Irish, Scots, Welsh, maybe even Bretons there; there's a lot of French after all. How many Ruairi's have people met, outside of places where Ruairi might be a more common name. I've met exactly one and I only note it because Mabinogi made me aware of the name. In the same vein, while names like Bangor, Duncan, Caitlin, Malcolm, Nora, and so on, most folks are familiar with, how many have heard of Tir Na Nog before Mabinogi? So, despite the European diaspora, it's still kinda cool, I think, to see uncommon labels in places or of things or people, that are the same as some in game. If some people are blasé about it, that fine; this thread wasn't meant to be homework.
  • ThePravinThePravin
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    My cousin's name is Ruairi and we tease him about it all the time. He's the only one of his siblings that didn't end up with red hair
  • HelsaHelsa
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    ThePravin wrote: »
    My cousin's name is Ruairi and we tease him about it all the time. He's the only one of his siblings that didn't end up with red hair

    Awesome, and thanks for the post!