Boy's name
Lorcán
“LOR-kawn”
from lorc, 'fierce' — 'little fierce one'
The story behind the name
Lorcán Ua Tuathail, St Laurence O'Toole, was archbishop of Dublin during the Norman invasion, and spent his last years trying to protect his people from both sides. He died at Eu in Normandy in 1180, still negotiating, and is the city's patron saint.
Famous people with this name
- Lorcan Cranitch (born 1959) — Irish actor
- Lorcan Finnegan (born 1979) — Irish film director and screenwriter
- Lorcan Allen (born 1940) — Irish farmer and former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1940)
- Lorcan Robbins (1884–1939) — Irish politician
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Lorcán on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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