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Origin of the name DAIRINE.
Etymology of the name DAIRINE.
Meaning of the baby name DAIRINE.
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DAIRINE. Irish.
From
the name of the tribe, Dairine, or the Dairfhine, meaning
"descendants of Daire
("oak wood")." Also see Darina.
We next come
to a river mouth called
Οὐινδέριος (v.l.
Ἰουνδέριος), which
from its position ought to be near Dundrum Bay, or perhaps Carlingford
Lough, and a tribe called Δάρῖνοι (v.l.
Δάρνοι). This name recalls the Dairine,
or descendants of Daire Sirchreachtach or the Plunderer, called Dairfhine
in the "Book of Rights"; but the silent fh was possibly
added to bring in the word fine, a tribe, as an element in the
composition. At any rate the spelling Dairine, which was in itself
a woman's name, has ample authority in old MSS. The best known
branch of this line was the Corea Laidhe, or descendants of Lughaidh
Laidhe, son of the aforesaid Daire. Their territory, in historic
times, was in the south-west of the Co. Cork. Indeed, "though
widely did their tribes extend throughout Ireland," I cannot find
that they are stated to have left descendants in Ulster. Some of
their early heroes, however, seem to have been connected with
Ulster. Thus, Lughaidh Mál, said to have been a seventh son
of Daire, gained a victory over the Ulstermen at Carn Mail in Magh Uladh
or Magh Murthemne. The Dairine or Corea Laidhe were not of
Milesian descent, but were classed under the line of Ith, the meaning of
which probably is that they were a non-Celtic people.—Ptolemy's Map
of Ireland. (The Journal of the Royal
Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, v.4, 1894).
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