Pádraig ( ;
), Pádraic or Páraic ( , ;
) is an Irish male name deriving from the
Latin
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''Patricius'', meaning "of the
patrician class", introduced via the name of
Saint Patrick.
Patrick is the English version.
Diminutives include Páidín, Páidí (both anglicised as 'Paudeen' and 'Paudie' respectively) and Pádraigín (''little Patrick''), which was originally an exclusively masculine name before later being viewed as the Irish equivalent of the feminine name 'Patricia'. Pádraig is also sometimes anglicised as ''Paddy'' or ''Podge''; the former anglicisation is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term for Irish people as a whole.
Famous people called Padraic, Pádraig or Pauric
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Liam Pádraic Aiken (born 1990), American actor
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Pádraig Amond
Pádraig Amond (born 15 April 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League club Woking.
He began his career in his native Ireland with Shamrock Rovers, progressing through the club's youth academy be ...
(born 1988), Irish footballer
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Pádraig de Brún
Pádraig de Brún (13 October 1889 – 5 June 1960), also called Patrick Joseph Monsignor Browne, was an Irish clergyman, mathematician, poet, and classical scholar, who served as President of University College, Galway (UCG). He was also known ...
(1889–1960), Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar
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Pauric Clancy, Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland
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Padraic Colum
Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival.
Early life
Col ...
(1881–1972), author
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Pádraic Delaney
Pádraic Delaney (born 6 November 1977) is an Irish actor known for playing Teddy O'Donovan in the Ken Loach film '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', for which he earned an IFTA nomination as well as being named Irish Shooting Star for the 20 ...
(born 1977), Irish actor
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Pádraig Duggan
The Duggans ( ga, Na Dúgáiní) were an Irish musical duo from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
The twin brothers Noel Duggan and Pádraig Duggan ( ga, Ó Dúgáin) came to prominence in the 1970s with the folk group Clannad, and took a ten ...
(born Pádraig Ó Dúgáin, 1949–2016), Irish musician
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Padraic Fallon (1905–1974), Irish poet
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Pádraig Faulkner
Pádraig Faulkner (12 March 1918 – 1 June 2012) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1980 to 1981, Minister for Defence 1979 to 1980, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Minister for Tour ...
(1918–2012), Irish politician
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Pádraig Flynn
Pádraig Flynn (born 9 May 1939) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1993 to 1999, Minister for Industry and Commerce and Minister for Justice from 1992 to 1993, Minister for th ...
(born 1939), Irish politician
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Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Champi ...
(born 1971), professional golfer
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Pádraig Horan (born 1950), Irish hurler
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Pádraig Hughes, Gaelic football referee
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Pauric Mahony
Pauric Mahony (born 11 May 1992) is an Irish hurler who plays for Waterford Senior Championship club Ballygunner and was previously the captain of the Waterford senior hurling team before announcing his retirement from inter-county hurling i ...
(born 1992), Irish hurler
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Pádraic McCormack
Pádraic McCormack (born 15 May 1942) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 1989 to 2011, and as a Senator from 1987 to 1989.
McCormack is a native of Kenagh, County ...
(born 1942), Irish politician
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Pádraic McMahon, musician in the band
The Thrills
The Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their bre ...
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Padraig Parkinson
Padraig Parkinson (born 1957 in Galway) is an Irish poker player. He is chiefly recognised as the grand final winner of Late Night Poker series 5 (where he defeated Korosh Nejad) and as the third-place finisher of the 1999 World Series of Poker ...
, Irish professional poker player
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Pádraic Pearse (1879–1916), Irish activist/revolutionary (also known as Patrick Henry Pearse or Pádraig Pearse)
Variant spellings
Pádraig is the most popular version of the name, but other variants include:
* Padraig
* Pádraic
* Padraic
* Padric
* Pádhraig
* Padhraig
* Padraigh
* Padhraic
* Pádhraic
* Páiric
* Páraic
* Paraic
* Pauric
* Phadrig
See also
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All pages beginning with Padraic or Padraig
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All pages beginning with Pádraic or Pádraig
References
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Irish-language masculine given names
