Peadar Explained
Peadar is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic (in Manx the name is spelt Manx: Peddyr). The names are ultimately derived from the Greek word petros, meaning "stone, rock", making them cognates to English Peter.
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 (born 1934), retired 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
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