Sadhbh ( sga, Sadb, italics=no,

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

Sive) is an Irish feminine personal name. Derived from

Proto-Celtic Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed through the compar ...

'(the) sweet and lovely (lady)', the name is cognate with the initial elements in the attested Gallic names ''Suadu-gena'' and ''Suadu-rix'' and with

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

''svādú-'',

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''hedýs'',

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(compare Suada),

Tocharian B Kuchean (also known as Tocharian B or West Tocharian) was a Western member of Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct from ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia. Tocharian B shows an internal chronological de ...

''swāre'' and Modern English ''sweet''. The town Cahersiveen in

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

roughly translates to 'The Fortress of Little Sadhbh'. The

Whiteboys The Whiteboys ( ga, na Buachaillí Bána) were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which defended tenant-farmer land-rights for subsistence farming. Their name derives from the white smocks that members wore in their ...

, a secret agrarian organisation in 18th century Ireland, referred to themselves as "Queen Sive Oultagh's children" ("Sive" or "Sieve Oultagh" being

from the Irish ''Sadhbh Amhaltach'', or Ghostly Sally).

Notable people

*Sadhbh Nic Donnchadh, daughter of Donnchadh, King of

Ossory Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of ...

and wife of Ard-Rí Donnachadh mac Flann Sionna; patroness of

Saighir Saighir (''Seir Kieran''; also named ''Seirkieran'', in Irish ''Saighir Chiaráin''), is a monastic site in Clareen, County Offaly, founded by Ciarán of Saigir. History According to his hagiographers, Ciarán was born in pagan Ireland and le ...

*Sadhbh O'Sullivan, member of the band The Isohels *"Sadhbh Trinseach", name adopted by Irish nationalist artist

Cesca Chenevix Trench Cesca Chenevix Trench (3 February 1891 – 30 October 1918) was a British-born Irish nationalist and illustrator. She took the Irish name Sadhbh Trinseach. Biography Francesca Georgina Chenevix Trench was born in the vicarage of St John the Bap ...

In fiction

*In

Irish mythology Irish mythology is the body of myths native to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era, being part of ancient Celtic religion. Many myths were later written down in the early medieval era by C ...

Sadhbh In Irish mythology, Sadhbh or Sive ( ) was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail. She is either a daughter of Bodb Derg, king of the Síd of Munster, or may derive in part from Sadb ingen Chuinn, daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles. ...

(or Saba) was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail *

Sadb ingen Chuinn Sadb ingen Chuinn was a daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, a High King of Ireland. She married firstly Macnia mac Lugdach, prince of the Dáirine or Corcu Loígde, and was mother of Lugaid Mac Con, High King of Ireland. Upon the death of ...

was a daughter of

Conn of the Hundred Battles Conn Cétchathach (; "of the Hundred Battles"), son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was a semi-legendary High King of Ireland and the ancestor of the Connachta, and, through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties, which dominated Irela ...

, a

High King of Ireland High King of Ireland ( ga, Ardrí na hÉireann ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and later sometimes assigned ana ...

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Sive Sive may refer to: *Sive means hear us in isiXhosa * David Sive (1922–2014), American attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law * Sive (noun), a Nation, a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or l ...

'', a 1959 play by

John B. Keane John Brendan Keane (21 July 1928 – 30 May 2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist from Listowel, County Kerry. Biography A son of a national school teacher, William B. Keane, and his wife Hannah (née Purtill), Keane was ...

and also the name of its lead character *Traditional Irish sean-nós song, ''Sadhbh Ní Bhruinnealigh''

Notable people

In fiction

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