Dáithí, Daithí or Dathí, sometimes also anglicised without diacritics as Daithi or Dathi, is an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

male given name which means ''swiftness'' or ''nimbleness''. It is pronounced ''Dawh-hee''. It is sometimes incorrectly used as the Irish form of ''

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

'' (Irish: Dáibhéad or Dáibhídh), although the two names are etymologically unrelated. It is, however, translated to David. In Icelandic it is known as Daði. Notable people and characters with this name include: *

Daithí Burke Daithí Burke (born 16 November 1992) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin. Burke made his debut for Galway against Laois, and was p ...

(born 1992), Irish hurler *

Daithí Carroll Daithí Carroll (born 1987) is a Gaelic footballer for Laois. He plays club football for his local club The Heath and previously played for Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern a ...

(born 1987), Irish Gaelic footballer * Daithí Casey (born 1990), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Daithí Cooney Daithí Cooney (born 1954) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team. Cooney joined the team during the 1982 championship and was a regular member of the extended panel until his retirement after the 19 ...

(born 1954), Irish hurler *

Daithi De Nogla David Nagle (born 6 July 1992), better known as Daithi De Nogla (or simply Nogla), is an Irish YouTuber known for making Let's Play videos. He has been described as one of Ireland's top YouTubers. Early life and education Nogla was born in ...

(born 1992), Irish Youtuber *

Daithí Doolan Daithi Doolan (born 13 May 1968, Cork) is an Irish politician. A member of Sinn Féin, he is a councillor on Dublin City Council. Election results Local elections As Sinn Féin candidate in the 1999 local elections for the Dublin South East I ...

(born 1968), Irish politician * Daithí Hand, hurling manager * Daithí Holohan (born 1956), Irish artist *

Dáithí Lacha ''Dáithí Lacha'' (; meaning "David Duck") was an Irish language television cartoon series for children broadcast on RTÉ during the 1960s. The series was not animated, however. For each five-minute episode, the creator, illustrator, and camera ...

, main character of a homonymous Irish language television cartoon series *

Daithí McKay Daithí Gerard McKay (born 1982, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a newspaper columnist and former Irish politician. He was the Chair of the Finance Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly and a Sinn Féin MLA for North Antr ...

(born 1982), Irish politician *

Dáithí Ó Conaill Dáithí Ó Conaill (English: ''David O'Connell'') (May 1938 – 1 January 1991) was an Irish republican, a member of the IRA Army Council of the Provisional IRA, and vice-president of Sinn Féin and Republican Sinn Féin. He was also the firs ...

(1938-1991), Irish politician * Daithí Ó Drónaí (born 1990), Irish musician * Daithí Ó Muirí, Irish writer *

Dáithí Ó Sé Dáithí Mícheál Ó Sé (; born 2 June 1976) is an Irish television presenter. He currently hosts RTÉ One's ''Today'', alongside Maura Derrane. He is also the current host of the Rose of Tralee and hosts a chat show on TG4 every Thursday nigh ...

(born 1976), Irish television presenter *

Daithí Regan Daithí Regan (born 1968 in Birr, County Offaly) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Birr and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team between 1989 and 1999. Regan currently works as a hurling ...

(born 1968), Irish hurler *

Dáithí Sproule Dáithí Sproule (born 23 May 1950) is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music. He is the grandson of Frank Carney and uncle of singer Claire Sproule. Biography Born and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland, at the age of 18 he moved ...

(born 1950), Irish musician *

Nath Í mac Fiachrach Nath Í, also known as Dathí, son of Fiachrae, son of Eochaid Mugmedon, was a semi-historical Irish king of the 5th century, the father of the likely-historical king Ailill Molt and the ancestor of the Uí Fiachrach dynasties of early medieval ...

, known as Dathí (d.c.445)

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