Gormflaith Explained

Irish: Gormfhlaith (pronounced as /ga/; sga|Gormflaith) is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "blue princess" or "illustrious princess".

Irish: Gormfhlaith is also a Gaelic mythological personification of Ireland. The word Irish: Gormfhlaith is a compound of the Irish words Irish: gorm ("blue") and Irish: flaith ("sovereign").

Irish: Gormfhlaith is noted in early Irish texts as the name of several queens closely connected with dynastic politics in 10th- and 11th-century Ireland, and was one of the most popular Irish feminine given names between the 8th and 16th century.

Bearers of the name

• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Fhlaithnath]], Abbess of Irish: Cluana Bronaigh, died 810.
• Irish: [[Gormlaith Rapach]], Queen of Irish: [[Ailech]], died 840.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Donncadha]], Queen of Irish: [[Ailech]], died 861.
• Irish: [[Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing]], Queen of Tara, .
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna]], Queen of Tara, died 948.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Murchada]], Queen of Ireland, died 1030.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Floind maic Mail Sechnaill]], Princess of Irish: [[Mide]], died 1046.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Cathail]], died 1063.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Fócartai]], died 1076.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Chonchobuir Ciarraige]], Princess of Kerry, died 1110.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Murchadha maic Máil na m-Bó]], Princess of Leinster, died 1112.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith ingen Buadachain]], died 1127/1134.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Branan]], died 1314.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Diarmata]], Princess of Moylurg, died 1324.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Domnaill]], died 1350.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Níc Uidir]], Princess of Fermanagh, died 1352.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Bean Uí Dhomhnaill]], Queen of Irish: [[Tír Chonaill]], died 1416.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Bean Uí Ruairc]], Queen of Irish: [[Breifne]], died 1425.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Seghannain]], died 1432.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Duibhgeannáin]], died 1437.
• Irish: [[Gormlaith Chaomhanach]], Princess of Leinster, died 1465.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Bean Uí Suibhne]], died 1468.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Domnaill]], Princess of Irish: [[Tír Chonaill]], died 1524.
• Irish: [[Gormflaith Ní Ruairc]], Princess of Irish: [[Breifne]], died 1585.
• Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg, broadcaster for Raidió na Gaeltachta

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

External links

• http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Gormlaith.shtml