Gormflaith Ingen Buadachain

(modern spelling: or ) is an Irish language female given name meaning "blue princess" or "illustrious princess".

is also a Irish mythology, Gaelic mythological national personification, personification of Ireland. The word ' is a compound of the Irish language, Irish words ' ("blue") and ' ("sovereign").

' is noted in early Irish texts as the name of several queens closely connected with dynastic politics in 10th- and 11th-century Ireland, and was one of the most popular Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish female given name, forenames between the 8th and 16th century.

Bearers of the name

* , Abbess of , died 810.
* , Queen regnant, Queen of , died 840.
* , Queen regnant, Queen of , died 861.
* , Queen regnant, Queen of Kingship of Tara, Tara, .
* , Queen regnant, Queen of Kingship of Tara, Tara, died 948.
* , Queen consort, Queen of Ireland, died 1030.
* , Princess of , died 1046.
* , died 1063.
* , died 1076.
* , Princess of Kerry, died 1110.
* , Princess of Leinster, died 1112.
* , died 1127/1134.
* , died 1314.
* , Princess of Moylurg, died 1324.
* , died 1350.
* , Princess of Fermanagh, died 1352.
* , Queen regnant, Queen of , died 1416.
* , Queen regnant, Queen of , died 1425.
* , died 1432.
* , died 1437.
* , Princess of Leinster, died 1465.
* , died 1468.
* , Princess of , died 1524.
* , Princess of , died 1585.
* Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg, Craoltóir Raidió na Gaeltachta

See also

* List of Irish-language given names

External links

* http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Gormlaith.shtml

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Irish-language feminine given names