Grian or ''Greaney'' is the name of a river, a lake, and region in the portion of the Sliabh Aughty mountains in

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

. It formed part of the boundary of the kingdom of Síol Anmchadha. Grian (literally, "Sun") is also the name of an Irish figure, presumed to be a pre-Christian goddess, associated with

County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...

and ''Cnoc Greine'' ("Hill of Grian, Hill of the sun"), located seven miles from Knockainey ().Cotterell, Arthur (2007) ''The Encyclopedia of Mythology'', page 96. Hermes House While Grian's name literally means "the sun" in

modern Irish Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

, her name is derived from the Proto-Indo European word *''g^wher-'', meaning "to be hot" or "to burn" rather than the derivations for sun in other Indo-European languages.

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Geography of County Clare {{Clare-geo-stub th:โทรล th:เกรียน

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