Boy's name
Dubhán
“DOO-awn”
a diminutive of dubh, 'black': 'little dark one'
The story behind the name
Hook Head was originally Rinn Dubháin, Dubhán's point, after a 5th-century priest and pilgrim whom Wikipedia calls Brittonic. Woulfe records two saints of the name, with feasts on 11 February and 11 November.
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