Mudcat Café message #3894629

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Thread #14957 Message #3894629
Posted By: Thompson
19-Dec-17 - 02:57 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Donal Og (Young Donald)
Subject: RE: Origins: Donal Og (Young Donald)

For instance, songs in honour of Daniel O'Connell are to Dónal Ó Chonaill.

References to the Book of Daniel in old Bibles and dictionaries in Irish are inevitably translated as Dónal (or its earlier spelling, Domhnall).