Pádraig
from Latin patricius, 'nobleman'
The fada makes a long aw and the ai before the g is slender: PAW-drig. Pádraic and Pádraig are both used.
- dh, gh → silent, or a soft y at the start
- á é í ó ú (the fada) → a long vowel — and never optional
Patrick was a Roman Briton, kidnapped at sixteen and enslaved as a shepherd in Ireland, who escaped, took orders and came back to the country that had held him. His own Confessio survives — one of the very few personal voices from 5th-century Europe. Pádraig Pearse read the Proclamation at the GPO in 1916.
- Pádraig Harrington (born 1971) — Irish professional golfer
- Pádraig Flynn (born 1939) — Irish politician and EU Commissioner
- Pádraig Faulkner (1918–2012) — Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Pádraig Amond (born 1988) — Irish hurler and soccer player
- Pádraig Ó Snodaigh (1935–2025) — Irish activist
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Pádraig on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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