Boy's name
Rossa
“RUSS-a”
from ros, 'wood' or 'headland'
The story behind the name
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (whose 'Rossa' came from his native Rosscarbery) was the Fenian whose funeral in 1915 gave Pearse the platform for the most famous graveside oration in Irish history: 'Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.'
Where the name belongs
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