Irish Baby Boy Names C - D NAME PRONOUNCE ENGLISH DESCRIPTION AUDIO Cillian "kil + e + an" Killian cille means "associated with the church." One St. Cillian left Ireland in about 650 AD with eleven companions and carried out his missionary work in the Rhine region of Germany where he became Bishop of Wurzburg after converting the local lord, Duke Gosbert of Wurzburg, to Christianity. Later Duke Gosbert married Geilana, his brother's widow and Cillian declared the marriage invalid. While Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana had Cillian beheaded when she found that Gosbert was going to leave her because their marriage was forbidden by the Church. The city of Wurzburg still celebrates a festival of mystery plays each year, known as Killianfest. Clearie, Cleary
cliareach "minstrel, scholar." A surname now used as a given name. Clooney
Derived from the Irish word cluain meaning "a green plain or pasture" or may mean "an intriguing rogue" – does "blarney" come into it? Coilin "koh + lin" | |
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