Macdara
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Macdara is an Irish first name that originates from a Christian saint, Macdara, who lived off the western coast of Ireland on a remote island over 1,500 years ago. His own first name was Sinach.[citation needed] According to a 1999 article in the New York Times, St. MacDara's Island "was home in the sixth century to St. Macdara, Connemara's most respected saint, who built a one-room chapel here" which is "considered one of the finest early Christian oratories in Ireland".[1]
Today in Ireland, the name Macdara is quite rare as a first name.[citation needed] One of the most prominent modern uses of the name is a second level school located in the south of Dublin city named St Mac Dara's College. [citation needed]
The spelling of the name has a number of different variations including Macdarragh and Macdarra. Mac is Irish for Son and Dara is Irish for Oak so the literal translation of Macdara is Son of Oak.
People
- Macdara Ó Fátharta, Irish actor
- Macdara Woods, Irish poet
Notes
- ^ Daryln Brewer Hoffstot, "Where Legends Outnumber People", New York Times, 1 August 1999