Aifric (name) explained

Aifric (Irish, Middle (900-1200);: 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
• 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.^[3]
• Aifric Mac Aodha (b. 1979), poet and editor of Irish-language journal Comhar, born 1979.^[4]
• Aifric Campbell, author.^[5]
• Afric McGlinchey, poet, book editor http://www.inkwellwriters.ie/people/afric-mcglinchey/, reviewer http://sabotagereviews.com/tag/afric-mcglinchey/ and critic http://www.drb.ie/contributors-articles/-in-tags/tags/Afric-McGlinchey; winner of the 2010 Hennessy Poetry Award http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/hennessy-niw/new-irish-writing-hennessy-literary-awards-winners-through-the-decades-1.2076877. Lives in West Cork.

Fictional

• Aifric - title character of an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers.^[6]
• "When Aifric and I put in at that little creek", a poem by Paul Muldoon.^[7]

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

Notes and References

1. Book: Woulfe, Patrick . Irish names and surnames . 1923 . Aifric .
2. Web site: Kathleen M. . O'Brien . Index of Names in Irish Annals: Affraic . medievalscotland.org . 26 March 2008 . 11 August 2012.
3. Web site: Tokyo 2020: 'It hasn't sunk in yet' says father of bronze-winning rower.
4. Web site: Aifric Mac Aodha . The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry . Queen's University Belfast . 17 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203230256/http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SeamusHeaneyCentreforPoetry/pal/aifricmacaodha/ . 3 December 2013 .
5. News: Orange Prize for Fiction: ex-City trader on longlist. Singh. Anita. 8 Mar 2012. The Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2014.
6. Web site: New Series of TG4 s Aifric In Production. 3 Aug 2007. The Irish Film & Television Network. 17 January 2014.
7. 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. 17 January 2014.