Aifric (
Middle Irish
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Affraic) is an
Irish language
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female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
.
Affraic is attested as a name borne by women of Gaelic background, between the 8th and 15th centuries.
Described as "now very rare" in 1923,
it has been revived somewhat in Ireland as part of a general increase in the use of Irish-language names.
Bearers of the name
;Medieval:
* Aifricci,
abbess of Kildare, died 743.
* Affraic, abbess of Kildare, died 833.
* Affraic, daughter of
Fergus of Galloway
Fergus of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. Fergus first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter ...
who married
Óláfr Guðrøðarson in the 1130s
*
Affreca de Courcy
Affreca de Courcy or Affrica Guðrøðardóttir was a late 12th-/early 13th century noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godred Olafsson, King of the Isles, a member of the Crovan dynasty. In the late 12th century she married John de Courcy. Affr ...
, wife of
John de Courcy
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and daughter of
Guðrøðr Óláfsson
Guðrøðr Óláfsson (died 10 November 1187) was a twelfth-century ruler of the kingdoms of Dublin and the Isles. Guðrøðr was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson and Affraic, daughter of Fergus, Lord of Galloway. Throughout his career, Guðrà ...
, died in or after 1216.
* Aiffric, daughter of Briain
Ui Raighillaigh and wife of Briain Meg Tigernain, died 1365.
* Aiffric, daughter of Aodh
Uà Néill
The Uà Néill (Irish pronunciation: ; meaning "descendants of Niall") are Irish dynasties who claim descent from Niall NoÃgÃallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died c. 405. They are generally divided into t ...
and wife of Henri Aimhreidh Uà Néill, died 1389.
* Aiffric, daughter of
Ua Banain and wife Philip
Mag Uidhir, died 1468.
* Aiffric, daughter of EmaÃnn son of Tomas Mag Uidhir and wife of wife of Cairpre, son of Aedh Ua Neill, died 1479.
;Modern:
*
Aifric Keogh, Irish Olympic rower, bronze medal coxless four, Tokyo 2021.
*
Aifric Mac Aodha, poet and editor of Irish-language journal
Comhar, born 1979.
*
Aifric Campbell, author.
*Afric McGlinchey, poet, book edito
reviewe
and criti
winner of the 2010 Hennessy Poetry Awar
Lives in West Cork.
Fictional
* ''
Aifric
''Aifric'' () is an Irish-language TV series aimed at young adults, co-created and written by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin and co-created and directed by Paul Mercier. The show has won multiple IFTA awards for "Best Children's/Youth Program".
The fir ...
'' - title character of an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers.
* "When Aifric and I put in at that little creek", a poem by
Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon (born 20 June 1951) is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University P ...
.
References
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Irish-language feminine given names