Boy's name
Iarlaith
“EER-la”
possibly 'tributary lord'
The story behind the name
St Jarlath founded the school of Tuam in County Galway, where, legend says, he was told to drive his chariot until a wheel broke, and to build his church there. It broke at Tuam, which became the ecclesiastical capital of Connacht.
Where the name belongs
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