With almost 25 million people claiming Irish ancestry in the United States alone, this dictionary is an indispensable guide to Irish names, not only their meaning, but also the history of some of the more prominent families as well as the pronunciation of the original Gaelic.
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Ida Grehan worked in Nigeria and Malaysia as a radio broadcaster before returning to Dublin where she was feature writer for The Irish Times for many years. She lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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