About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Duffy, Duff
- Variants
- Duach
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
Borne by Dubhthach maccu Lugair, the chief poet of King Lóegaire whom Saint Patrick converted at Tara, and by the father of Saint Brigid.
The story behind Dubhthach
At the great pagan feast of Tara, when no one was permitted to rise from the king's banquet, Dubhthach alone rose to greet Patrick — and was thereafter remembered as the first Irish poet to embrace Christianity.
Mythology & legend
Chief poet of King Lóegaire at Tara when Patrick came.
Did you know?
Dubhthach maccu Lugair was Patrick's chief poet and the first to rise in welcome at Tara when Patrick arrived.
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