Editing St George's Channel (section)

== Origin of name ==
The name "St George's Channel" is recorded in 1578<ref name="Taylor1896">{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Isaac |title=Names and their histories, alphabetically arranged as a handbook of historical geography and topographical nomenclature |publisher=Rivington, Percival |year=1896 |page=243 |chapter=St. George's Channel |isbn=978-0-8274-3009-9 |access-date=18 September 2010 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNkNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA243}}</ref> in [[Martin Frobisher]]'s record of his second voyage. It is said to derive from a legend that [[Saint George]] had voyaged to [[Roman Britain]] from the [[Byzantine Empire]], approaching Britain via the channel that bears his name.<ref name="Room2006">{{cite book |last=Room |first=Adrian |title=Placenames of the world: origins and meanings of the names for 6,600 countries, cities, territories, natural features, and historic sites |publisher=McFarland |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7864-2248-7 |page=326 |chapter=St George's Channel |access-date=18 September 2010 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1JIPAN-eJ4C&pg=PA326}}</ref> The name was popularised by English settlers in Ireland after [[Plantations of Ireland|the Plantations]].<ref name="Andrews1997" />