Girl's name
Eibhlín
“eye-LEEN”
from Norman-French Aveline
The story behind the name
Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill wrote, or spoke, 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire', the Lament for Art O'Leary, over her murdered husband's body in 1773. It is the greatest keening poem in Irish and one of the finest poems by any woman in Europe that century.
Famous people with this name
- Eibhlín Ní Bhriain (1925–1986) — Irish journalist and editor
- Eibhlín Nic Niocaill (1884–1909) — Irish Gaelic League activist
- Eibhlín Ní Chathailriabhaigh (1910–2001) — Irish actress
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Eibhlín on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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