Boy's name
Proinsias
“PRIN-shas”
the Irish form of Francis
The story behind the name
Adopted after the Franciscans became central to Irish religious life — it was Irish Franciscans in Louvain and Rome who preserved much of the manuscript record of Gaelic Ireland after the conquest.
Famous people with this name
- Proinsias De Rossa (born 1940) — Irish politician
- Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (1933–2003) — Irish writer and activist
- Proinsias Mac Cana (1926–2004) — Irish linguist
- Proinsias Mac an Bheatha (1910–1990) — Irish writer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Proinsias on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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