Irish Names Available to Purchase

First published by The Academy Press, Dublin, in 1981, with a new edition by The Lilliput Press in 1990, this is the third reprint since 1992 ‐ a sure sign of popularity. Intended as a selection of almost 1,000 Irish names for children, it is also a very useful and reliable introduction to “the riches of Irish personal names”, with copious notes on etymologies, family histories, and meanings (sometimes speculative).

The language change of the 19th century in Ireland brought countless traditional Irish names near to oblivion. Gaelic forms were ignorantly and insensitively anglicised. With the revival of interest in...