Tighearnach

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Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Irish
Pronounced Pron. TYEER-nəkh

Meaning & History

From Old Irish Tigernach, derived from tigerna meaning "lord". This was the name of an Irish saint, the founder of the monastery at Clones in the 6th century. According to some tales of his life, he was taken by British pirates to the monastery of Rosnat in his youth, but he escaped and returned to Ireland.