Méabh

The bh is a v and the fada lengthens the vowel: MAYV. Maeve is the same name spelled for English, and Meadhbh is the older Irish spelling of it.

• bh, mh → v — or w in the middle of a word
• á é í ó ú (the fada) → a long vowel — and never optional

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Medb, queen of Connacht, is the towering female figure of Irish literature: she starts the Cattle Raid of Cooley over a bull, out-argues her husband, leads armies, and takes lovers as she pleases. Tradition buries her standing upright in armour under the great cairn on Knocknarea in Sligo, facing her enemies in Ulster. Maeve Binchy sold twenty million books with the anglicised spelling on the cover.