Girl's name
Éadaoin
“AY-deen”
an old name; Woulfe records no meaning for it
The story behind the name
A holy virgin of Moylurg, the country around Boyle in Roscommon, whose festival day was 5 July. Not to be confused with Étaín of the Mythological Cycle, though the names are often run together.
Where the name belongs
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