People often ask about the name ‘Banba’ – Banba Square being where the Arts Centre is located. Banba is one of the three mythological Irish Goddesses- daughters of Emmas of the Tuatha De Danann. The country of Ireland/Eireann is named after one of the other daughters – Éiriu - and the third girl was called Fodla. See here for more: Banba – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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