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| WICKLOW TOWN, CO. WICKLOW.- It is quite probable that Wicklow town, sketched above, was first settled by the invading Norsemen, as it is called, in old writings, Wykinglo, Wygyngelo, and Wykinlo, all of whch bear a strong resemblance to the Norse word Viking. The original Gaelic name of the place was Cill-Maaintain, or Killmantan, meaning St. Mantan's church, which obtained its title fromt he founder thereof-a holy man who had the misfortune to lose his front teeth by the blow of a stone, hurled at him by pagan natives when St. Patrick and his companions essayed to land in Wicklow. |
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