Boy's name
Piaras
“PEER-us”
the Irish form of Piers / Pierce
The story behind the name
Piaras Feiritéar of Kerry was both a Gaelic poet and a Norman-descended chieftain who led the 1641 rising in his county — and was hanged at Killarney in 1653. His poems and his rebellion belong to the same man, which was rarer than you'd think.
Where the name belongs
Famous people with this name
- Piaras Béaslaí (1881–1965) — Irish politician, author, playwright, biographer and translator
- Piaras Feiritéar (1600–1653) — Irish poet
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Piaras on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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