Boy's name
Tomás
“tuh-MAWS”
IPA: /t̪ˠəˈmˠɑːsˠ/
the Irish form of Thomas
The story behind the name
Tomás Ó Criomhthain of the Great Blasket wrote 'An tOileánach' (The Islandman), which ends with one of the most quoted lines in Irish: 'ní bheidh ár leithéidí arís ann' — our likes will not be there again.
Its age
Associated with 1929 — Partition — Free State & Northern Ireland.
See Ireland in that year on the atlas ↗
Where the name belongs
Famous people with this name
- Tomás Ó Fiaich (1923–1990) — Catholic cardinal
- Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1855–1937) — Irish writer
- Tomás Mac Giolla (1924–2010) — Irish politician
- Tomás O'Leary (born 1983) — Irish hurler and rugby union player
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe (1916–1996) — Irish scholar
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Tomás on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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