Gaelic personal names

By Donnchadh Ó Corráin and Fidelma Maguire

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906187397
• ISBN13: 9780906187395
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Academy Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent source for Irish Names

The authors list a number of traditional Irish Gaelic names, with both the earliest known spelling and the modern Gaelic spelling. Each entry includes a derivation and translation of the name's meaning and a discussion of the history of the name, often listing notable historical or legendary figures who bore it. Many entries also include common Anglicizations, and there is a table of English names at the end of the book that lists Gaelic "equivalents". By far the most informative, best-researched book on the topic I've seen. The same book has also been published as: Irish Personal Names by a different publisher (whose name escapes me at the moment.