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 ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

; 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 so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, or Eucharist-focused life. While anchorites are ...

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 ...

in the sixth century * Dervla Kirwan (born 1971) Irish actress * Dervla Murphy (1931-2022) Irish travel writer *

Dervla Burke Crystal Swing are a new wave Country and Western, and Country and Irish showband, from Lisgoold, County Cork, Ireland. The family group is made up of mother Mary Murray-Burke and her children Dervla Burke and Derek Burke. The group rose to nati ...

, 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, king of Connacht * Derval O'Rourke (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, film and television director *

Dearbhla Molloy Dearbhla Molloy (; born 1946) is an Irish people, 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 Iri ...

(born 1946), actress

Fictional

Dearbhla Dillon ''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera first broadcast on RTÉ One in 1989. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme and a list of former characters, listed in order of first appearance. Some character ...

, character in the soap opera ''Fair City'' * Dervla Nolan, character in the novel '' Dead Famous'' * Dervla Dove, child character in the novel '' Flight of the Doves''

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