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CIARÁN
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEER-awn, KEE-ar-awn [key]
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Derived from Irish ciar "black" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of two Irish saints: Saint Ciarán the Elder, the patron of the Kingdom of Munster, and Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, the founder of a monastery in the 6th century. |
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