ᵖᵒᵖᵖʸ ᶤˢ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᵃ ᵇᶤᵍ ˢᶤˢ – ȣ ∂єc asked:
My da and his siblings were all born near Cill Airne [Killarney], Ireland, and when my da was two years old they moved due to his father dying and my grandmother going to look for work.
My da and his siblings were all born near Cill Airne [Killarney], Ireland, and when my da was two years old they moved due to his father dying and my grandmother going to look for work.
I was wondering what could be a cool way to honour their heritage there in a baby name? Anything you can think of other than giving just a nice Irish name?
July 1st, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Lairne (lair-n) taken from just dropping the Cil in front of Cill Airne.
July 3rd, 2011 at 1:11 pm
I wikipedia-ed Killarney; here are some suggestions, though I’m an American and unsure of some of the pronunciations:
-Leane (Killarney is on the northeast shore of the Loch Lein/Leane; this would then be based on the place name.)
-Ross (there’s a castle called Ross Castle there.)
-Dunloe (not sure about this as a name, but this is the name of Gap/mountain pass located near Killarney.)
-Patrich: (The song There’s only one Killarney was recorded by Patrich O’Hagan.)
-Aghadoe (a townland overlooking Killarney; I definitely think this would be better as a middle.)
-Eileen (Eileen Sheehan, a poet from Killarney. There are several other people listed as from Killarney on wikipedia.)
You could also try Cilla for a girl (Cill + A from Airne) and the male name Arne (Norwegian, I believe. I’m not certain how Airne is pronounced…)
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