Boy's name
Fachtna
“FAKH-na”
possibly 'hostile' or 'malicious' in origin
The story behind the name
St Fachtna founded the monastic school at Ross Carbery in west Cork, which became one of the great teaching centres of early medieval Munster.
Where the name belongs
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