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Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne. During the "Irish revival", some Irish ...
Peg is a generally feminine nickname, usually a short form of Margaret or Peggy. It may refer to: ... Peg Woffington (1720–1760), Irish actress and socialite; Peg ...
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl".It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Old Iranian. [1] It has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages.
Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, who was later called "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." Molly Malone was the stage name of American silent film actress Violet Isabel Malone. Molly (also spelled Molli or Mollie ) is a diminutive of the feminine name Mary that, like other English diminutives in use since the Middle Ages , substituted l for r.
Colloquially in Gaeltachtaí (Irish-speaking areas) and some other areas it remains customary to use a name formed by the first name (or nickname), followed by the father and the paternal grandfather's name, both in the genitive case, e.g. Seán Ó Cathasaigh (Seán O'Casey), son of Pól, son of Séamus, would be known to his neighbours as Seán Phóil Shéamuis.
Margaret "Pegeen" Flaherty, character in Irish playwright John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World (1907) Pegeen, 1920 American film starring Bessie Love "Peigín Leitir Móir", Irish folk song published in 1911
Mairead McGuinness (born 1959), Irish EU Commissioner; Mairead McKinley, award-winning Irish actress; Mairead Nash of Queens of Noize, English indie/disco or Wonky pop DJ duo based in London; Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill (born 1955), Irish traditional singer from Kells, County Meath; Máiréad Ní Ghráda (1896–1971), Irish poet, playwright, and ...
Peggy O'Neill (1799–1879), Irish-American Vaudeville actress; Peggy Ovire, Nigerian actress; Peggy Pearce (1894–1975), American actress; Peggy Phango (1928–1998), South African actress and singer; Peggy Pope (1929–2020), American actress; Peggy van Praagh (1910–1990), British ballerina; Peggy Rajski, American filmmaker