Ireland
- Ancient name
- Hibernia
- Modern name
- Ireland
- Modern country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.0, -8.0
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364127
The Romans had used Hibernia or Scotia to refer to Ireland, but by Dati's day the vernacular Irlanda (which shares a Gaelic etymology with Hibernia) was becoming widely used, while Scotia was being used to refer exclusively to Scotland. Ireland is very rare on the Sfera maps, and appears labeled in only one manuscript (Fn8).
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M109
Variant spellings of Ireland in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| irlanda | Fn8 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Ireland.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/ireland/.