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Colloquially in Gaeltachtaí (Irish-speaking areas) and some other areas it remains customary to use a name formed by the first name (or nickname), followed by the father and the paternal grandfather's name, both in the genitive case, e.g. Seán Ó Cathasaigh (Seán O'Casey), son of Pól, son of Séamus, would be known to his neighbours as Seán Phóil Shéamuis.
However, in Irish kinship, Aintin and Uncail are used for not only the siblings of the parents, but as well for any relative whose age is of a great distance from the child. This effectively means the cousin of a parent is called an aunt or uncle, while those who are aged or in their senior years (aunts or uncles of a parent, or cousins of a ...
The majority of ogham inscriptions are memorials, consisting of the name of the deceased in the genitive case, followed by MAQI, MAQQI, "[the stone] of the son" (Modern Irish mic), and the name of his father, or AVI, AVVI, "[the stone] of the grandson", (Modern Irish uí) and the name of his grandfather, e.g. DALAGNI MAQI DALI, "[the stone] of ...
hooligan – (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as Hooligan or Hoolihan). keening – From caoinim (meaning "I wail") to lament, to wail mournfully (OED). kern – An outlaw or a common soldier. From ceithearn or ceithearnach, still the word in Irish for a pawn in chess. Leprechaun – a fairy or spirit (from leipreachán)
The Irish family of de Courcy descends from Anglo-Normans who came to Ireland following the Norman Conquest; the name is of French derivation, and indicates that the family once held a manor of that name in Normandy. The de Courcy family was prominent in County Cork from the earliest days of the Norman occupation and subsequently became ...
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The ultimate origin of this word is thought to be the Old Irish Ériu, which is from Old Celtic *Iveriu, likely associated with the Proto-Indo-European term *pi-wer-meaning "fertile". [ 22 ] Ériu is mentioned as a goddess in the Lebor Gabála Érenn as a daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann .
Trying to think of the perfect grandpa nicknames for the grandfather in your life? Here are 101 grandpa names to consider.