Gormflaith

Gormflaith (modern spelling: Gormfhlaith or Gormlaith)^{[pronunciation?]} is an Irish language female given name meaning "blue princess" or "illustrious princess".

Gormfhlaith is also a Gaelic mythological personification of Ireland. The word Gormfhlaith is a compound of the Irish words gorm ("blue") and flaith ("sovereign").

Gormfhlaith 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 Gaelic-Irish female forenames between the 8th and 16th century.

Bearers of the name[]

• , Abbess of Cluana Bronaigh, died 810.
• , Queen of Ailech, died 840.
• , Queen of Ailech, died 861.
• Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing, Queen of Tara, fl. 870.
• Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna, Queen of Tara, died 948.
• Gormflaith ingen Murchada, Queen of Ireland, died 1030.
• , Princess of Mide, 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 of Tír Chonaill, died 1416.
• , Queen of Breifne, died 1425.
• , died 1432.
• , died 1437.
• , Princess of Leinster, died 1465.
• , died 1468.
• , Princess of Tír Chonaill, died 1524.
• , Princess of Breifne, died 1585.

See also[]

• List of Irish-language given names

External links[]

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

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