The first name given to the land was
"Island of Woods", and this name was given
by a warrior of the people of "Nin, son of Bel"

Three time indeed was the island all one woodland,
as the poet says-"Three times Eire put coverings
on her, and three times bareness off her."

The second name was Land at the Limit of the World,
and the third name was Noble Island. In the time
of the "Firbolg" it had this name on it.

The fourth name was Eire, and this is from the
name of the queen of the Tuatha DeDanann,
that is to say Fodhla and Banbha.

The next name was Inis Fail, the Island of stone,
which is the stone of destiny that the Tuatha
DeDanann brought with them. It is a tabu-stone,
for it used to roar under the person fit to be a king
when the assembly of the men of the Island met
at Tara. But it has not roared from the time of
Conchobor forward, for the false idols of the
world when Christ was Born.

The next name was Isle of Mists, and the next
was Scotia, and then Hibernia, and after that
Irlanda. This means the land of Ir, who was
the son of Mile, and he was the first man of
that clan to be buried on the island.

It is said that the Greeks called the land Ogygia,
which is to say the most ancient land, and this
is suitable, for it is a long, long time since it
was first inhabited.

Green and flourishing is the grass of the island,
Thick are her nut-sweet woods,
Plentiful the fruit upon the smooth hills,
To depart from her is a cause of misery,
To leave her is ground for weakness.
Sweet is the sound of her gentle wind
Green Banbha enclosed by woods
And sweet is the voice of her rivers,
The speech of her birds is sleep-music enough,
In that land abounding in salmon:
Hail to the land of bright fountains.
 
 

This is from the book called
"Celtic Myths and Legends"

written by Micheal Foss