Gormflaith

Gormflaith (modern spelling: Gormfhlaith or Gormlaith) 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

• Gormflaith ingen Fhlaithnath, Abbess of Cluana Bronaigh, died 810.
• Gormlaith Rapach, Queen of Ailech, died 840.
• Gormflaith ingen Donncadha, 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.
• Gormflaith ingen Floind maic Mail Sechnaill, Princess of Mide, died 1046.
• Gormflaith ingen Cathail, died 1063.
• Gormflaith Ní Fócartai, died 1076.
• Gormflaith Ní Chonchobuir Ciarraige, Princess of Kerry, died 1110.
• Gormflaith ingen Murchadha maic Máil na m-Bó, Princess of Leinster, died 1112.
• Gormflaith ingen Buadachain, died 1127/1134.
• Gormflaith Ní Branan, died 1314.
• Gormflaith Ní Diarmata, Princess of Moylurg, died 1324.
• Gormflaith Ní Domnaill, died 1350.
• Gormflaith Níc Uidir, Princess of Fermanagh, died 1352.
• Gormflaith Bean Uí Dhomhnaill, Queen of Tír Chonaill, died 1416.
• Gormflaith Bean Uí Ruairc, Queen of Breifne, died 1425.
• Gormflaith Ní Seghannain, died 1432.
• Gormflaith Ní Duibhgeannáin, died 1437.
• Gormlaith Chaomhanach, Princess of Leinster, died 1465.
• Gormflaith Bean Uí Suibhne, died 1468.
• Gormflaith Ní Domnaill, Princess of Tír Chonaill, died 1524.
• Gormflaith Ní Ruairc, Princess of Breifne, died 1585.

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

External links

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