Boy's name
Flannán
“FLAN-awn”
a diminutive of flann, 'ruddy'
The story behind the name
Patron of the diocese of Killaloe. Flannán was the son of a Dál gCais chieftain and entered Mo Lua's monastery at Killaloe; tradition says Pope John IV consecrated him its first bishop in Rome. His feast is 18 December.
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z