About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Kenneth, Canice
- Variants
- Cainneach, Cainnech
- Stronghold region
- Leinster
Overview
Older Goidelic form widely shared with Scottish Gaelic. Saint Coinneach of Aghaboe (Cainneach) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and gave his name to Kilkenny (Cill Chainnigh).
The story behind Coinneach
Coinneach is the modern Irish reflex of older Cainneach, used both for the saint of Aghaboe and as a contemporary first name in the Gaeltacht.
Mythology & legend
Same as Cainneach; saint of Aghaboe.
Did you know?
Coinneach is the modern Irish form of the name now anglicised as Kenneth.
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