About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Duane, Dwane
- Variants
- Dubán
- Stronghold region
- Leinster
Overview
Borne by Saint Dubhán of Hook Head, a 5th-century Welsh-Irish missionary said to have lit the original beacon on the Wexford headland that became Hook Lighthouse.
The story behind Dubhán
Saint Dubhán's hermitage on Hook Head gave its name to the famous lighthouse there — the Hook (Dubhán means hook), one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; 5th-century Welsh saint who came to Ireland.
Did you know?
Saint Dubhán founded a hermitage on the Hook Head peninsula in Wexford.
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