Conaire is an
Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
male
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 fa ...
. It gave rise to the original form of the anglicized surname
Connery.
It is borne by two legendary
High Kings of Ireland:
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Conaire Mór (the great)
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Conaire Cóem (the beautiful)
Other name holders include:
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Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928), Irish writer and journalist
*Achadh Conaire, the Irish name of the village of
Achonry, County Sligo
See also
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List of Irish-language given names
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Conair (disambiguation) Conair or Connair may refer to:
*Conair Group, a company formerly known as Conair Aviation, specializing in firefighting apparatus for aircraft
*The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System, an airline used to transport convicts to prison i ...
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