Oisín
from os, 'deer' — 'little deer, fawn'
The s before an í is sh: USH-een in Ireland, often o-SHEEN abroad. It means little deer.
- s before e or i → sh
- á é í ó ú (the fada) → a long vowel — and never optional
Son of Fionn and of Sadhbh — the woman who had been a deer, which is why he is 'little fawn'. He followed Niamh to Tír na nÓg, returned three centuries later, and lived just long enough to tell St Patrick the tales of the Fianna. James Macpherson's 18th-century 'Ossian' forgeries made him a European sensation.
- Oisin Murphy (born 1995) — Irish jockey
- Oisín Kelly (1915–1981) — Irish sculptor
- Oisín McConville (born 1975) — Gaelic footballer
- Oisin McEntee (born 2001) — Irish footballer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Oisín on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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