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'''''Rónán''''', [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] as '''Ronan''', is an [[Irish language|Irish]] and [[Breton language|Breton]] male given name and surname. The surname can be derived from several [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] surnames, namely ''Ó Rónáin'' 'descendant of Rónán'. In modern sources, it is traditionally derived from {{lang|ga|rón}}, the Irish word for '[[Seal (animal)|seal]]'.
'''''Rónán''''', [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] as '''Ronan''', is an [[Irish language|Irish]] and [[Breton language|Breton]] male given name and surname. In modern sources, it is traditionally derived from {{lang|ga|rón}}, the Irish word for '[[Seal (animal)|seal]]'.


There are alternatives however, the name Ronan can be associated with the [[Irish language|Irish]] name [[Raghnall]], where it originates from the surname [[Reynolds (surname)|Reynolds]], adopted by 'MacGronan', which in [[Gaelic language|Gaelic]] reads as 'Mag Rónain'.<ref>https://www.libraryireland.com/AnglicisedSurnames/Reynolds.php</ref> Father Woulfe gives this Mag Raghnainn. In [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]], it stems from the name "Rögnvaldr" meaning "mighty".<ref>https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/ronan</ref>
Alternatively, it is said to derive from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'' ([[Ronald]], [[Reginald]]), meaning "mighty".<ref>https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/ronan</ref>

In other cases, it originates from ''O'Ruanadhnain'' 'descendent of Ruanadh', hence anglicizing the name [[Rooney (surname)|Rooney]] with other names such as [[Ruadhán]], [[Rowan]] and [[Ryan]] originating from that root.<ref>https://www.libraryireland.com/names/or/o-ruanadhain.php</ref>


In [[Irish Mythology]], the name is derived from a very old legend, which tells the story of a mother seal who is warned never to stray too closely to the land. When the seal is swept ashore by a huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a "[[Selkie]]" or "seal maiden". Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as "ronans" or "little seals", she never quite loses her "sea-longing". Eventually she finds the "seal-skin" which the fisherman has hidden and slips back into the ocean. However, she cannot forget her husband and children and can be seen swimming close to the shore, keeping a watchful and loving eye on them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://audio.babynamesofireland.com/audio/ronan.mp3|title=Irish baby names meanings - List of unique and unusual Irish names for your baby girl or boy|date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
In [[Irish Mythology]], the name is derived from a very old legend, which tells the story of a mother seal who is warned never to stray too closely to the land. When the seal is swept ashore by a huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a "[[Selkie]]" or "seal maiden". Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as "ronans" or "little seals", she never quite loses her "sea-longing". Eventually she finds the "seal-skin" which the fisherman has hidden and slips back into the ocean. However, she cannot forget her husband and children and can be seen swimming close to the shore, keeping a watchful and loving eye on them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://audio.babynamesofireland.com/audio/ronan.mp3|title=Irish baby names meanings - List of unique and unusual Irish names for your baby girl or boy|date=8 May 2021}}</ref>

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This article is about the Irish name. For other uses, see Ronan (disambiguation).

Rónán, anglicised as Ronan, is an Irish and Breton male given name and surname. In modern sources, it is traditionally derived from rón, the Irish word for 'seal'.

Alternatively, it is said to derive from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr (Ronald, Reginald), meaning "mighty".[1]

In other cases, it originates from O'Ruanadhnain 'descendent of Ruanadh', hence anglicizing the name Rooney with other names such as Ruadhán, Rowan and Ryan originating from that root.[2]

In Irish Mythology, the name is derived from a very old legend, which tells the story of a mother seal who is warned never to stray too closely to the land. When the seal is swept ashore by a huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a "Selkie" or "seal maiden". Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as "ronans" or "little seals", she never quite loses her "sea-longing". Eventually she finds the "seal-skin" which the fisherman has hidden and slips back into the ocean. However, she cannot forget her husband and children and can be seen swimming close to the shore, keeping a watchful and loving eye on them.[3]

There are twelve Irish saints bearing the name of Ronan commemorated in the Martyrology of Donegal:[4] These include:

  • Ronan of Locronan, a c. 6th century Irish pilgrim saint and hermit in western Brittany
  • Rónán Mac Bearaigh (died 665), founder of Druim Inesclainn (Drumshallon) (see Féchín of Fore).
  • Rónán of Ulster, brother of St. Carnech, and grandson of Loarn, died 11 January 535.
  • Rónán Fionn is honoured as patron of Lan Ronan (Kelminiog) in Iveagh. His feast is celebrated on 22 May, both in Ireland and Scotland.
  • Rónán of Iona is explicitly referred to by Bede in the controversy with his countryman St Finan of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 660. This controversy, on the calculation of the date of Easter, was ended at the Synod of Whitby, in 664, when Rónán's views were upheld. This is the saint referred to in the title of Sir Walter Scott's book, Saint Ronan's Well. Scott's St. Ronan was a Celtic monk, Bishop of Kilmaronen, who advocated the use of the Roman rather than Celtic manner. This St Rónán is also the patron saint of the Scottish town of Innerleithen. He is commemorated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church on 7 February.[5]
  • Rónán of Lismore was a successor of St. Carthage, and several Munster churches were built in his honour. His feast is celebrated on 9 February 763.
  • Another saint of this name is best known by the ruined church of Kilronan (Irish: Cill Rónáin), Co. Roscommon, where Turlogh O'Carolan and Bishop O'Rourke are buried.

The name appears in an ogham inscription documented by the Ogham in 3D project[6] as ᚏᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ  ᚋᚐᚊ  ᚉᚑᚋᚑᚌᚐᚅᚅ (transliteration: RO/NA/NN MAQ COMOGANN) or, Rónán, son of Comgán.[7]

People with the given name

People with the surname

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References

  1. ^ https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/ronan
  2. ^ https://www.libraryireland.com/names/or/o-ruanadhain.php
  3. ^ "Irish baby names meanings - List of unique and unusual Irish names for your baby girl or boy". 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ Flood, William Henry Grattan (1912). "St. Ronan" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13.
  5. ^ February 20 / February 7. https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/htc/orthodox-calendar/
  6. ^ "Ogham in 3D". 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ "CIIC 145. Arraglen (AIRGHLEANN), Co. Kerry".
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