Peadar

Peadar

Saint Peter
Pronunciation	Irish: [ˈpʲad̪ˠəɾˠ]
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Origin
Language(s)	Greek
Derivation	petros
Meaning	"stone", "rock"
Other names
Cognate(s)	Peter
See also	Pádraig

Peadar is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic (in Manx the name is spelt Peddyr). ^{[1] [2]} The names are ultimately derived from the Greek word petros, meaning "stone, rock", making them cognates to English Peter . ^[1]

List of people with the given name

• Peadar Ó Doirnín (c. 1700 – 1769) Ulster poet, part of the Airgíalla tradition of poetry and song
• Peadar Andrews, Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin
• Peadar Byrne, Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Meath
• Peadar Carton, Hurling player for Dublin and O'Tooles
• Peadar Clancy (1888–1920), member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who served in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising
• Peadar Clohessy (1933–2014), Irish Progressive Democrat politician
• Peadar Cowan (1903–1962), Irish politician
• Peadar Doyle (died 1956), Irish politician
• Peadar Duignan (1898–1955), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Peadar Gaskins, former Irish football player who played as a full back
• Peadar Kearney (1883–1942), Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs
• Peadar Kirby, author and academic at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick
• Peadar Livingstone (1930–1989), Roman Catholic Priest for the Diocese of Clogher in Ireland
• Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich (1857–1942), born in County Donegal, Ireland
• Peadar Maher (1924–2012), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and publican
• Peadar Ó Guilín, Irish author
• Peadar O'Donnell (1893–1986), Irish republican Marxist activist and writer
• Peadar O'Loughlin, Irish flute, fiddle, and uilleann pipes player from Kilmaley County Clare
• Peadar Tóibín (born 1974), Irish politician
• Peadar Uí Gealacáin (1793–1860), Irish scribe and hedge school master
• Peadar Ua Laoghaire (1839–1920), Irish writer and Catholic priest

See also

• List of Irish-language given names
• List of Scottish Gaelic given names

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 219, 354, ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1
2. Robertson, Boyd; Taylor, Iain (2003), Teach Yourself Gaelic, Teach Yourself, pp. 340–341