Boy's name
Declan
“DEK-lan”
uncertain; possibly 'full of goodness'
The story behind the name
St Declan of Ardmore was preaching in the Déisi country of Waterford before Patrick's mission was complete — one of the four pre-Patrician saints of Munster. His well, oratory and round tower at Ardmore are still visited on 24 July.
Its age
Associated with AD 450 — Patrick & the Rise of the Uí Néill.
See Ireland in that year on the atlas ↗
Where the name belongs
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