naoi fiche An Bhealtaine, De' Sathairn,( 29 May, Saturday) or in Welsh, naw ugain Mai, Dydd Gwener In 1830 Humphrey Davy, Cornish pioneer chemist, died. In 1882 Matilin Meheut, Breton painter, known for for paintings of evryday life in Breton was born. Answers to the quiz: 1.Ireland has in the past been known as Scotia and as Hibernia. The name Scotia comes from the name of a daughter of Pharoah named Scota who was one of the ancestors of the Milesians. The people of Scotia were called Scotti or Scots. Caesar called irelend Hibernia, which may come from the name of a people who lived in the south of the Island. They were known as the Ivernia. The name Ireland probably came from Eire-land. The Vikings were the first to use the term Ir-land or Ir-landa. Thsi accoding to Seumas MacManus in his book, The Story of the Irish Race. 2. Yes, Alba is now Scotland. The residents of Alba , I guess were Albanians. (For heavens sake , don't any one let Tony Blair or Bill Clinton hear that).