Laoiseach

Laoiseach
Laoiseach m
Irish Gaelic: originally an ethnic name for someone from the region of Laois in Leinster (the modern county of Leix).
Anglicized forms: LOUIS (SEE Louis), LEWIS (SEE Lewis).

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  • Lewis — m 1 Common English form, since the Middle Ages, of the Norman and French name LOUIS (SEE Louis). In modern use it is also in part a transferred use of the surname derived from this given name. 2 In Wales, an Anglicized form of LLEWELLYN. 3 In… …   First names dictionary

  • Louis — m French: an extremely common French name, of Germanic origin. It is composed of the elements hlud fame + wīg warrior, and is thus etymologically the same name as German LUDWIG (SEE Ludwig). From the early Middle Ages onwards, it was very… …   First names dictionary

  • Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird — Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird, fl. 1670, Irish poet. A son of Laoiseach Mac an Bhaird, Diarmaid was a member of the Clann Mac an Bhaird and one of the last classically trained bardic file (poet). He appears to have lived in what is now County Monaghan… …   Wikipedia

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