There came the time when I had to sit down and choose a domain name. It's not as easy as it seems. All the good names were taken. So I had to use my brain and try to come up with something that wouldn't sound goofy to me several months later. After much thought and consideration I decided on 'eriu.

Eriu is pronounced (Eh'-ree) or (Air-ree). An Irish/Celtic goddess, the personification of Ireland. She belongs to the Fomorians and is the mother of Bres, king of Ireland. The name Ireland comes from her name (Eyre, Eire, or Eiriu).

In Irish-Celtic mythology, the Fomorians are a race of demonic giants, ancient occupants of Ireland (or sometimes mentioned as a mythical, prehistoric people who raided and pillaged Ireland from the sea). The first to invade Ireland were the Partholons, but after many battles the Fomorians afflicted them all with plague. After them came the Nemeds, who in their very first battle were defeated and enslaved. The third wave of invaders, the Firbolgs, were more successful and they subdued the Fomorians and managed to live peacefully with them.

After a period of peace, the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Irish race of gods, arrived. They conquered the Firbolgs, but dealt more subtly with the Fomorians, although they destroyed their hegemony over Ireland for good in the second battle of Mag Tuireadh. The Fomorians were given the province of Connacht, and were even allowed to marry some of the Tuatha Dé. The king of the Fomorians is the one-eyed Balor. Other prominent members are: Bres, Eriu, and Tethra.

The Fomorians are sometimes mythologically associated with the powers of nature which challenge man: fog, storm, winter, disease, crop-blight. The name comes from fomó, "giant", "pirate".

According to the Lebor Gabala Erin, when the first Gaels arrived in Ireland, their chief bard Amairgen met the three goddesses of the land, Banbha, Eriu and Fodhla. Amairgen promised to each of them in turn that Her own name would be on the land under the rulership of the sons of Mil. This rulership, through succession, very much depended on the favour of the goddess of the land. After landing, one of the sons of Mil, whose name was Donn, offended Eriu. She immediately announced that his descendants would never prosper in that land. His ship was wrecked soon after.