Boy's name
Cathal
“KA-hal”
IPA: /ˈkahəlˠ/
cath + val, 'strong in battle'
The story behind the name
Cathal Crobhderg, 'Cathal of the Wine-Red Hand', was the last effective king of Connacht before the Norman tide, and died a monk in 1224. Cathal Brugha (Brugha) was the first Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil and died in the Civil War.
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