Moneymore in Northern Ireland has nothing to do with money:
it means Big Bog. But Richhill was named by Scottish
Presbyterian 'planters' who, replacing expelled Catholics,
couldn't believe their luck. Similarly here in south-west France
there is a place called Good Fortune (Fortounas),
and one called Paradis. Today I passed by Camelot.
In my village there is a Chemin de Paradis
which leads up to sweet air where the rich folk used to live,
and a Chemin de Lifernet which leads down to the bottom of the glen:
L'Infernet, or Little Hell. I live at the top of the Rue de Lifernet,
near the defensive castle built for aggressive gentlemen.
The 'planting' of loyal colonists also occurred in New England and New Zealand. In the 20th century it was carried out on a massive scale by the USSR in the Baltic Republics and Ukraine especially.
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