Irish Names

Irish Names contains just under a thousand names selected from the enormous wealth of historical sources—annals, genealogies, myth, legend, and epic poetry—that make up the literature of early medieval Ireland. Of the extraordinary variety of names available to the early Irish—some twelve thousand are recorded—only a handful are in current use. This classic work of reference explains the background and meaning of these names and provides a fascinating insight into the society in which they had their origin.