Boy's name
Rossa
“RUSS-a”
from ros, 'wood' or 'headland'
The story behind the name
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ('Rossa' was a title he adopted, meaning of the ros) 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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