About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Mahee
- Variants
- Mahee
- Stronghold region
- Ulster
Overview
Borne by Saint Mochaoi of Nendrum, founder of one of the earliest Irish monasteries on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough.
The story behind Mochaoi
Saint Mochaoi of Nendrum heard the song of an angel-bird that lasted three hundred years in a single afternoon.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; 5th-century saint.
Did you know?
His monastery at Nendrum, Co. Down, has the oldest known tide-mill in the world.
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