Boy's name
Cróchán
“KROH-khawn”
the name of a Kerry saint; Woulfe gives no meaning
The story behind the name
A local saint's name that stayed local. Woulfe found the saint still much venerated around Cahirdaniel in Kerry, where Crohan was rather common as a Christian name.
Where the name belongs
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