Boy's name
Gearóid
“gar-OHD”
the Irish form of Gerald
The story behind the name
Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, the 'Great Earl' of Kildare, ruled Ireland in all but name for forty years — when told the Irish bishops accused him of burning Cashel cathedral, he replied that he would never have done it but that he thought the archbishop was inside.
Where the name belongs
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