A friend who might qualify to be more of a religion and myth nerd than your humble scribe wished me a happy name day today.
Like most people bearing names that don't quite light up the pages of Butler's Lives, I've never really given name days much thought. Of course, in some parts of the world these are like having a second birthday in the year, but being from a staunchly Anglo background, well, we're just too busy for all that. Around Irish people I get the "with a name like that you must be alright" vibe, but having had it for a lifetime I've never really felt the need to dig deeper into my name.
Well, it turns out that I have one all the same. Read a little bit about St Kieran of Saigir here, and some more over here.
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