Clíodhna
uncertain; borne by a figure of the Otherworld
The dh is silent: KLEE-na. She is a queen of the sídhe in the Munster stories.
- dh, gh → silent, or a soft y at the start
Clíodhna was a woman of the sídhe who left the Otherworld for a mortal love and was drowned by a great wave at Glandore in County Cork — 'Clíodhna's Wave', one of the three great waves of Ireland. She later became a guardian spirit of the MacCarthys.
- Cliodhna Moloney (born 1993) — Irish women’s rugby union player
- Cliodhna Cussen (1932–2022) — Irish sculptor
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Clíodhna on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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