Girl's name
Achall
“AKH-al”
the name of a hill by Tara, for the woman said to have died on it
The story behind the name
Daughter of the king of Tara. When her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach she went up a hill near Tara and died there of grief, and the hill was called after her. It is the Hill of Skreen now.
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Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z