Boy's name
Éamonn
“AY-mun”
the Irish form of Edmund, 'protector of wealth'
The story behind the name
Éamon de Valera (American-born, Limerick-reared) dominated independent Ireland for half a century as Taoiseach and President and wrote its 1937 Constitution. Éamonn Ceannt was executed for his part in 1916.
Famous people with this name
- Éamonn Ceannt (1881–1916) — Irish republican and 1916 Easter Rising leader
- Eamonn Coghlan (born 1952) — Irish runner and politician
- Eamonn Toal (born 1968) — Irish singer
- Eamonn Campbell (1946–2017) — Irish musician
- Eamonn McCann (born 1943) — Northern Irish writer and activist
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Éamonn on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
Surnames built on this name
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