There were a lot of shared Latin origins but also a few Irish words that more or less corresponded to English measurements.
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Also, the Roman mile didn’t get much use in Ireland, interestingly.
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That is interesting. Now that I think of it, I don't immediately recall Old English using it a lot either. Distances were "a day's travel" etc. I never thought about that!
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