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Irish First Names

Etain (f)
According to Irish legend, Etain was the lover of the fairy man, Midir. Aideen is a variant. The name was probably made popular by The Immortal Hour (1914), an opera by Rutland Boughton based on the legend.

From the Appletree Press title: Irish First Names. To buy it from Amazon.com click here, or to get it via Amazon.co.uk click here. For more information on the book, click here.
Also from Appletree: Irish Family Names, (click here for more information), A Little Book of Irish Family Names, (click here for more information) and The Book of Irish Names, click here for more information.

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