Editing Navan (section)

==Etymology==
The [[Irish language|Modern Irish]] name ''An Uaimh'' is most likely derived from the prehistoric burial mound ''An Odhbha,'' named after Odhbha, the first wife of [[Érimón]]. It is likely the result of ''Odbha'' being later misunderstood and confused by locals with the similar sounding and much more familiar word ''uaimh,'' or ''uamha,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): uamha |url=https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/uamha |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.teanglann.ie |language=en}}</ref>'' which also has a very similar meaning  "cave, crypt or souterrain"''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): uaimh |url=https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/uaimh |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.teanglann.ie |language=en}}</ref> The [[English language|Modern English]] name Navan is likely either an [[Anglicisation of names|anglicisation]] of ''An Uaimh'', which was often written and pronounced ''An Uamhainn'', or of ''An Odhbha(n).''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interpreting Irish Local Names (Origin of the name Navan) - Wonders of Ireland |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Wonders/Irish-Local-Names-3.php |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Navan Historical Society - Navan and An Uaimh |url=http://www.navanhistory.ie/index.php?page=an-uaimh--its-origin |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.navanhistory.ie}}</ref> An Uaimh was the town's sole official name from the foundation of the [[Irish Free State]] in 1922 until 1970 when it was changed to Navan.<ref name="SI200/19712">{{cite web |title=S.I. No. 200/1971:Local Government (Change of Name of Urban District) Order, 1971 |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1971/en/si/0200.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083331/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1971/en/si/0200.html |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref> Since the [[Official Languages Act 2003]] both the Irish and English name have had equal status, as in the rest of the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Languages Act 2003 |url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2003/act/32/enacted/en/html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.irishstatutebook.ie |language=en}}</ref>