Boy's name
Maghnus
“MAN-us”
from Latin magnus, 'great', via Norse Magnús
The story behind the name
Manus O'Donnell, lord of Tír Chonaill, was a warrior who also commissioned and part-wrote 'Betha Colaim Chille', a life of Colmcille, in 1532: a Gaelic prince who cared about literature as much as cattle.
Where the name belongs
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