Ronan
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Rónán (anglicized Ronan) is an Irish language male given name meaning "little seal" (Rón meaning "seal", and -án being a diminutive suffix). Often pronounced 'Rowan'. It may refer to:
[edit] People (medieval)
- Rónán mac Colmáin (fl. 7th century), king of Leinster. Called Rónán mac Aédo in the tale Fingal Rónaín.
- Rónán, Irish churchman from Gaul, a proponent of the Roman dating of Easter and rival of Fínan, bishop of Lindisfarne, at the Synod of Whitby (664)
- Saint Rónán
- St Ronan of Locronan (fl. c. 6th century), early Irish saint and hermit at Locronan and Quimper, Brittany. Feast day: 1 June.
- St Rónán mac Beraig (d. c. 665), founder of Druim Inesclainn (Drumshallon, Ireland). See Féchín of Fore.
- St Rónán Finn son of Sárán (fl. 7th century), patron saint of Lann Rónáin in the parish of Magheralin (Co. Down), brother to St Cairnech and the saint responsible for bringing a curse upon Suibne. He was later also conflated with Rónán mac Beraig.
- St Rónán (died 737), abbot of Kingarth (Bute, Scotland), possibly the patron saint of Kilmaronock (Dunbartonshire) and Innerleithen.
- St Ronan's School, Hawkhurst, Kent.
- St. Ronan's Well, a novel by Sir Walter Scott (1824)
[edit] People (modern)
- Surname
- Frank Ronan, writer
- Saoirse Ronan, actress
- First name
- Ronan Carolino Falcão, naturalized Equatoguinean football defender
- Ronan Coghlan, writer
- Ronan Hardiman, composer
- Ronan Harris, musician
- Ronan Keating (born 1977), Irish singer
- Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí, Irish-language broadcaster
- Ronan O'Gara (born 1977), Irish rugby player
- Ronan O'Rahilly, music businessman
- Ronan Rafferty, golfer
- Ronan Tynan (born 1960), Irish tenor and Paralympian
- Ronan Vibert, actor
- Ronan Öbusan delos Santos, chef in New Zealand
- Ronan Kelly, radio producer
- Ronán Howe, academic and teacher
- Ronan Gruenbaum, academic and author
- Ronan MacIvor, composer
- Ronan Parke (born 1998), English singer who came runner-up in season five of Britain's Got Talent
[edit] Other
- Ronan (album), Ronan Keating's debut album
- Ronan (Harry Potter), a centaur from the Harry Potter universe
- Ronan the Accuser, a Marvel comic book character
- Ronan, Montana
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