FUN: “Hospital”; a town in County Limerick Ireland

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Irelands-strangest-place-names-99827479.html

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Hospital, Co. Limerick – acquired its name from the Knights Hospitaller, a Christian organization in the time of the Crusades. Ironically, the town doesn’t have any medical facilities.

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