- 'oak-grove/oak-wood'. The name
derives from the settlement's
earliest references,
Daire Calgaich ('oak-grove of Calgach'). The name was
changed from
Derry in 1613 during...
- 'church of (the) oak', i.e. Kildare, and St
Colum Cille favoured Doire Calgaich 'Calgach's oak grove', i.e. Derry; see also Durrow, darú, from dair magh...
- 1984. The
earliest Irish name for the site of the
modern city was
Daire Calgaich, Old
Irish for "oak wood of Calgach",
after an
unknown pagan. John Keys...
- Poet of Connacht.
Muireadhach Ua Cárthaigh, was in 1067 "drowned in Loch
Calgaich." He was
described as "the
chief poet and
chief ollamh of Connaught." No...
- Connacht,
Calry is the Grianán of
Cairbre and the Hill is the Grianán of
Calgaich". Gríanán is a word
meaning literally "sunny place" and
implies a place...
-
Saint Columba".
Columba comes from the
Latin for "Dove".
Previously Daire Calgaich, "The Oak-wood of Calgach".
Calgach may have been Calgacus. The name may...
- of the family,
Muireadhach Ua Cárthaigh, was in 1067 "drowned in Loch
Calgaich." He was
described as "the
chief poet and
chief ollamh of Connaught." In...
- Diablo" (1977) "Legend of the ****ed" (1977) "Captain Cutl****" (1978) "
Calgaich the Swordsman" (1980) "The
Untamed Breed" (1981) "Bold Legend" (1982) "Glorieta...
-
Annals of the Four Masters". Celt.ucc.ie.
Retrieved 24 July 2020. "Daire
Calgaich of
Coluim Cille". Freepages.rootsweb.com.
Retrieved 24 July 2020. "Ireland's...
