Eblana

Eblana is an ancient settlement in Ireland recorded in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemy around 140 AD, placed on his map between the mouths of the rivers Buvinda, which is the Boyne, and Oboka, which seems to be the Liffey. It was traditionally taken to be the earliest mention of Dublin, a view held by early antiquarians who read the name as a corruption of Deblana, from Dubh Linn. More recent scholarship favours the seaside village of Loughshinny in north County Dublin, near the promontory fort of Drumanagh, a trading site with links to Roman Britain. No definitive evidence ties Eblana to any location, so its exact identity remains a matter of speculation.