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.