Dáithí or Daithí (; ), sometimes also

anglicised Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

without diacritics as Daithi, is an Irish male given name which means ''swiftness'' or ''nimbleness''. It is sometimes translated as ''

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

,'' or used as the Irish form of David ( or ), though the two names are etymologically unrelated. An Icelandic equivalent is Daði. Notable people and characters with this name include: *

Daithí Burke Daithí Burke (born 16 November 1992) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin. Burke made his debut for Galway against Laois, and was p ...

(born 1992), Irish hurler * Daithí Carroll (born 1987), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Daithí Casey Daithí Casey (born March 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for club side Dr. Crokes. He has also lined out with University College Cork and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lines out in the forwa ...

(born 1990), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Daithí Cooney Daithí Cooney (born 1954) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team. Cooney joined the team during the 1982 championship and was a regular member of the extended panel until his retirement after the 19 ...

(born 1954), Irish hurler *

Daithi De Nogla David Martin Nagle (Irish language, Irish: Dáithí Máirtín De Nógla; born 6 July 1992), known professionally by his online name Nogla (formerly Daithi De Nogla), is an Irish YouTuber, best known for making gaming videos. He has been describe ...

(born 1992), Irish Youtuber *

Daithí Doolan Daithí Doolan (born 13 May 1968) is an Irish politician. A member of Sinn Féin, he is a councillor on Dublin City Council. Elections Dublin City Council Doolan contested the 1999 Dublin City Council election for Sinn Féin in the South East ...

(born 1968), Irish politician *

Daithí Hand Daithí Hand is a hurling Manager (Gaelic games), manager and hurling coach. A former manager of Sligo county hurling team, Sligo, he is that county's most successful in its history. Hand led Sligo to consecutive All-Ireland titles in 2018 and 201 ...

, hurling manager *

Daithí Holohan Daithí Holohan (born 1956) is an Irish artist from Kilkenny. Specialising in portraiture, he also does landscape and still life. Holohan studied Fine Art Painting at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) and graduated from the Univers ...

(born 1956), Irish artist *

Dáithí Lacha ''Dáithí Lacha'' (; meaning "David Duck") was an Irish language television cartoon series for children broadcast on Telefís Éireann during the 1960s. The series was not animated, however. For each five-minute episode, the creator, illustrato ...

, main character of a homonymous Irish language television cartoon series *

Daithí McKay Daithí Gerard McKay (born 1982, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Irish newspaper columnist and former Sinn Fein politician. He was the Chair of the Finance Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2012 to 2016, and a M ...

(born 1982), Irish politician *

Dáithí Ó Conaill Dáithí Ó Conaill (English: ''David O'Connell''; May 1938 – 1 January 1991) was an Irish republican, a member of the IRA Army Council of the Provisional IRA, and vice-president of Sinn Féin and Republican Sinn Féin. He was also the firs ...

(1938–1991), Irish politician *

Daithí Ó Drónaí Daithí Ó Drónaí (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish musician and producer, best known for producing electronic music inspired by Irish culture under the artist name "Daithí". He debuted in 2009 as a participant on All Ireland Talent Show. Si ...

(born 1990), Irish musician *

Daithí Ó Muirí Daithí Ó Muirí is a writer of fiction in the Irish language. He was born in County Monaghan but now lives in the Cois Fharraige district of Connemara. Ó Muirí has published four collections of short stories and a longer work called ''Ré'' ( ...

, Irish writer *

Dáithí Ó Sé Dáithí Mícheál Ó Sé (; born 2 June 1976) is an Irish television presenter. He currently hosts RTÉ One's ''Today (Irish TV series), Today'', alongside Maura Derrane. He is also the current host of the Rose of Tralee (festival), Rose of Tral ...

(born 1976), Irish television presenter *

Daithí Regan Daithí Regan (born 1968 in Birr, County Offaly) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Birr and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team between 1989 and 1999. Regan currently works as a hurling ...

(born 1968), Irish hurler *

Dáithí Sproule Dáithí Sproule (born 23 May 1950) is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music. He is the grandson of Frank Carney and uncle of singer Claire Sproule. Biography Born and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland, at the age of 18 he moved t ...

(born 1950), Irish musician *

Nath Í mac Fiachrach Nath Í, also known as Dathí, son of Fiachrae, son of Eochaid Mugmedon, was a semi-historical Irish king of the 5th century, the father of the likely-historical king Ailill Molt and the ancestor of the Uí Fiachrach dynasties of early medieval ...

, known as Dathí (d.c.445)

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