Gráinne
uncertain; long linked to grán, 'grain', and to a grain-goddess figure
GRAWN-ya. The nn is slender before the e, which is what gives the ny sound at the end.
In the Fenian Cycle, Gráinne is promised to the ageing Fionn mac Cumhaill and elopes with the young Diarmaid instead — pursued the length of Ireland, which is why so many dolmens are called 'the bed of Diarmaid and Gráinne'. History's Gráinne is Gráinne Mhaol (Grace O'Malley), the pirate queen of Mayo.
- Gráinne Murphy (born 1993) — Irish swimmer
- Gráinne Seoige (born 1973) — Irish television journalist
- Gráinne Walsh (born 1995) — Irish boxer
- Grainne Gallanagh (born 1994) — Irish model
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Gráinne on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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