Irish Names

by Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Fidelma Maguire

A tremendous resource and reference book, with almost a thousand Irish names culled from works going back to the early medieval period with the historical background for each. Useful in tracing family roots and even for seeking out unique Irish names for a new family member.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Donnchadh Ó Corráin was an Irish historian and Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at University College Cork.

He was an early Irish and mediaeval historian and published on the Viking Wars, Ireland in the pre-Hiberno-Norman period and the origin of Irish language names. In addition to his position at UCC, he held academic positions at University College Dublin, Cambridge University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Oslo and Oxford University, where he was a Fellow of Balliol College.

(Wikipedia, accessed 22/01/2018)

Reviews

[T.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Educational.

[Christina Kaslow-trujillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

true Irish names.