Ridiculous First Names - Male and Female

Mac · January 5, 2016, 9:20pm

You should mate

Fagan_ODowd · January 5, 2016, 9:39pm

Village inWest Waterford called Kilgobnet. Cill Gobnait

Steven_Naimsith · January 5, 2016, 9:43pm

How is Gobnait the Irish for Deborah? That’s like saying Gonzalo is the Spanish for Desmond for fucks sake.

iron_mike · January 5, 2016, 9:44pm

Speaking of which, theres a village on thr back road to Carlow from Castlecomer called Mayo. Been driving it for years and never realised it until the other day

Brimmer_Bradley · January 5, 2016, 9:50pm

Do you doubt me?

Steven_Naimsith · January 5, 2016, 9:56pm

Yes, the link is tenuous at best. Deborah is a old Hebrew name. Gobnait is a very old Irish name. Other than both names having a relationship to bees/honey there is no link to each other or common antecedent, as is the case with names like Seán/John etc.

Steven_Naimsith · January 5, 2016, 9:58pm

There’s a Leitrim in numerous counties.

fistoffury · January 5, 2016, 9:59pm

I’ve worked with two of them. Both limerick men.

iron_mike · January 5, 2016, 10:00pm

Never realised that until Mbb brought it ti my attention a while back

Ambrose_McNulty · January 5, 2016, 10:07pm

There was a lad in school named Dermot McDermot. His parents should be shot. One of the crusties in the kinvara environs was named Leaf by his parents.

anon61956325 · January 5, 2016, 11:24pm

Annet Curtain.

feck_it · January 5, 2016, 11:44pm

Chris Cross, to go with patrick fitzmaurice-maurice fitzpatrick. Paula Proudfoot (worked with one for a while)

Chucks_Nwoko · January 5, 2016, 11:54pm

Former Monaghan full back, famously on the receiving end of Rory Gallagher’s 3-9.

Gary_Birtles_Lovechi · January 6, 2016, 2:17am

There’s a satellite dish man from Askeaton called Conor O’Connor.

Julio_Geordio · January 6, 2016, 9:00am

There was a teacher in Askeaton Secondary school called Annette Curtin. Think she might have married into it. You’d have to seriously consider that relationship

Fran · January 6, 2016, 9:08am

Just got an email there from a guy called Greville

myboyblue · January 6, 2016, 9:13am

That’d be a common enough name in Westmeath.

Fran · January 6, 2016, 9:16am

Informative

glasagusban · January 6, 2016, 9:51am

Ulick -now that’s an awful name.

A mate of mine is called Brian O’Brien.

Nembo_Kid · January 6, 2016, 10:12am

Timmy Dooley