Boy's name
Conaire
“KON-a-ra”
an ancient name; Woulfe records no meaning for it
The story behind the name
Conaire Mór is the doomed high king of Da Derga's Hostel, one of the oldest and strangest stories in Irish — a king destroyed by breaking, one at a time, every taboo laid on him.
Surnames built on this name
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