Aifric (name)

Aifric (Middle Irish : Affraic) is an Irish language feminine given name. ^[1] Affraic is attested as a name borne by women of Gaelic background, between the 8th and 15th centuries. ^{[1] [2]} Described as "now very rare" in 1923, ^[1] it has been revived somewhat in Ireland as part of a general increase in the use of Irish-language names.

Notable people

Medieval

• Aifricci, abbess of Kildare, died 743. ^{[1] [2]}
• Affraic, abbess of Kildare, died 833. ^{[1] [2]}
• Affraic, daughter of Fergus of Galloway who married Óláfr Guðrøðarson in the 1130s ^[3]
• Affreca de Courcy, wife of John de Courcy and daughter of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, died in or after 1216. ^[1]
• Aufrica de Connoght, claimant to Mann and the Isles
• Aiffric, daughter of Briain Ui Raighillaigh and wife of Briain Meg Tigernain, died 1365. ^[2]
• Aiffric, daughter of Aodh Uí Néill and wife of Henri Aimhreidh Uí Néill, died 1389. ^[2]
• Aiffric, daughter of Ua Banain and wife of Philip Mag Uidhir, died 1468. ^[2]
• Aiffric, daughter of Emaínn son of Tomas Mag Uidhir and wife of Cairpre, son of Aedh Ua Neill, died 1479. ^[2]

Modern

• Aifric Keogh (b. 1992), Irish Olympic rower, bronze medal coxless four, Tokyo 2021. ^[4]
• Aifric Mac Aodha (b. 1979), poet and editor of Irish-language journal Comhar, born 1979. ^[5]
• Aifric Campbell, author. ^[6]
• Afric McGlinchey, poet, book editor , reviewer and critic ; winner of the 2010 Hennessy Poetry Award . Lives in West Cork.

Fictional

• Aifric - title character of an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers. ^[7]
• "When Aifric and I put in at that little creek", a poem by Paul Muldoon. ^[8]

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

References

1. Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Aifric". Irish names and surnames.
2. O'Brien, Kathleen M. (26 March 2008). "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Affraic". medievalscotland.org. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
3. Oram, Richard Duncan (1988), The lordship of Galloway c. 1000 to c. 1250 (PhD thesis), University of St Andrews, pp. 79–80, hdl:10023/2638
4. "Tokyo 2020: 'It hasn't sunk in yet' says father of bronze-winning rower".
5. "Aifric Mac Aodha". The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry. Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
6. Singh, Anita (8 March 2012). "Orange Prize for Fiction: ex-City trader on longlist". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 January 2014.
7. "New Series of TG4 s Aifric In Production". The Irish Film & Television Network. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
8. Quinney, Laura (23 October 2003). "In the Studebaker (review of Moy Sand and Gravel by Paul Muldoon)". London Review of Books. 25 (20): 20–21. Retrieved 17 January 2014.