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Diarmaid (Irish: [ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲ]) is a masculine given name in the Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated.
His father's name is usually given as Donn, sometimes Corc; Duibhne of the Fianna is his paternal grandfather. His mother is Cochrann, Cróchnat or Crochnuit, daughter of Cathaír Mór and close relative of Fionn's herself. Around the time of Diarmuid's birth, his father is banished from the Fianna on account of an unspecified dispute.
Jeremiah is sometimes an anglicised form of the Irish Diarmaid, while "Jeremy" is the anglicized of "Jeremiah" in the English language. The name takes its popularity from the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah .
Dimity is a rare English feminine given name likely derived from the name for the fabric, which comes from the Greek prefix di, meaning two, and the Greek word mitos, meaning thread. [1] The Greek term was later used in Latin and was transformed into the Italian word dimiti, which became the English word dimity. [2]
The story begins with the ageing Fionn, leader of the warrior band the Fianna, grieving over the death of his wife Maigneis.His men find that Gráinne, the daughter of High King Cormac mac Airt, is the worthiest of all women and arrangements are made for their wedding.
Diarmait was the son of Fergus Cerrbél, son of Conall Cremthainne, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.Yet of Niall's own historicity there is little reason to doubt. His descendants quarrelled incessantly among themselves after the manner of most Irish dynastic families and had no cause to invent a common ancestry, since by unanimous testimony the high-kingship of Tara prior to Niall's days ...
Jamie’s ship was lost at sea “with all hands,” the latter meaning there were no survivors of the wreck. Claire is certain this is a mistake. “That doesn’t happen,” she states.
The name Murchadh comes from the Irish words muir (meaning "sea") and cath (meaning "battle"). The name therefore comes to mean "Sea Warrior" Over time the name has been Anglicised as Murphy, MacMurphy, Murchison and MacMurchie but most commonly as Murphy.