Dervla and Derval are female Irish given names, anglicised from and , respectively. is a Gaelicised hybrid of the two names. means 'daughter of the ' oet , a common medieval name, may mean 'daughter of ', being a poetic name for

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

; or else 'true desire'. People with these names include:

Deirbhile, Dervla

Darbiled Darbiled (Deirbhile, Dairbhile, Dervla) was an Irish anchoress and founder of Inis Cethig, fl. 575–600. Darbiled is said to have been of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty of Connacht. Her father's name is given as Cormac mac Brecc, and had a brother ...

or Deirbhile, an

anchoress In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress); () is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, or Eucharist-focused life. Anchorites are frequ ...

who founded a monastery at

Erris Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over , much of which is mountainous blanket bog. It has extensive sea coasts along its west and north boundaries. The main towns are Belmullet and Bangor Erris. The name E ...

in the sixth century *

Dervla Kirwan Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish actress. She has received a number of accolades, including two IFTA Awards for her performances in the film '' Ondine'' (2009) and the RTÉ thriller series '' Smother'' (2021–2023) respective ...

(born 1971) Irish actress *

Dervla Murphy Dervla Murphy (28 November 1931 – 22 May 2022) was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books, writing for more than 50 years. Murphy is best known for her 1965 book '' Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle'', about a ...

(1931–2022) Irish travel writer * Dervla Burke, musician in the country band Crystal Swing * Dervla Magennis, contestant in series 1 of ''The Voice of Ireland''

Derbáil, Dearbháil, Dearbhail, Derval

* Dearbháil iníon Tadhg mac Cathal (died 925), aunt of

Cathal mac Conchobair Cathal mac Conchobair (died 925) was King of Connacht. Family background Cathal was the third son of Conchobar mac Taidg Mór (died 882) to rule Connacht, following his older brother Áed mac Conchobair (died 888) and youngest brother Tadg m ...

, king of Connacht *

Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke (born 28 May 1981) is an Irish former sprint hurdles athlete. She competed internationally in the 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in the former. She participated in two In ...

(born 1981), sprint hurdler *

Derval Symes Derval Symes is an Irish artist. Her work is mainly abstract, using oil paint and other mixed media, although there is a strong landscape element to her work. Born in Dublin in 1964, she is a graduate of Middlesex University and Coventry Univers ...

, visual artist

Dearbhla

Dearbhla Walsh Dearbhla Walsh is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of ''EastEnders'', '' Shameless'' and ''The Tudors''. She won the 2009 ...

, film and television director *

Dearbhla Molloy Dearbhla Molloy (; born 1946) is an Irish actress. Early life Molloy was born to John Molloy and Evelyn Ryan and grew up on Yellow Walls Road in Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of seven children. She attended an Irish-language s ...

(born 1946), actress

Fictional

* Dearbhla Dillon, character in the soap opera ''

Fair City ''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera which has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 1989. Produced by the public service broadcaster RTE, it first aired on Monday, 18 September 1989. It has won several awards and is both the most po ...

'' * Dervla Nolan, character in the novel '' Dead Famous'' * Dervla Dove, child character in the novel ''

Flight of the Doves ''Flight of the Doves'' is a 1971 British Eastmancolor children's film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire and Stanley Holloway. It was written by Frank Gabrielson and Nelson, based on the 1967 novel of the same titl ...

'' * Harrower Dervla, a

boss Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, ...

in the video game ''

Lords of the Fallen ''Lords of the Fallen'' is an action role-playing video game developed by Deck13 and CI Games. It was released in October 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows. A mobile version of the game, which features one-to-one swipe combat contro ...

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