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Storm Eowyn is passing through. Winds of over 100mph have been recorded off the Galway coast. Here her force has been abated somewhat but she's still making quite a noise.....
And the name? I thought it had to be Welsh and probably pronounced Owen.
Wrong. It's from Tolkien- and pronounced A-yow-in. He made it up. No one was called Eowyn before the Publication of Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien is so madly popular that I expect there are quite a lot of Eowyns around these days.
Is this the first time a storm has been given a name invented by a modern writer?
And the name? I thought it had to be Welsh and probably pronounced Owen.
Wrong. It's from Tolkien- and pronounced A-yow-in. He made it up. No one was called Eowyn before the Publication of Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien is so madly popular that I expect there are quite a lot of Eowyns around these days.
Is this the first time a storm has been given a name invented by a modern writer?
