Seumas () is a masculine

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and Scots, equivalent to the

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of the Scottish Gaelic ''Seumas'' is ''Sheumais'', which has given form to the

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form of this name, ''

Hamish Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name '' Seamus'' or ''Sheumais''. It is therefore, the equivalent of James. People Given name * Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricke ...

''. In Irish, ''Seumas'' is the older form of the modern '' Séamas''. Another earlier form of ''Séamas'' is ''Séamus'', which is partially Anglicised as ''Seamus''.

List of people with the given name

Seumas McNally Seumas McNally (February 10, 1979 – March 21, 2000) was a Canadian video game programmer and designer. He is best known for his development of indie games and computer software, including '' DX-Ball 2'' and '' Tread Marks'', the latter earning ...

(1979–2000), a computer game programmer. *

Seumas Milne Seumas Patrick Charles Milne (born 5 September 1958)''Winchester College: A Register''. Edited by P.S.W.K. McClure and R.P. Stevens, on behalf of the Wardens and Fellows of Winchester College. 7th edition, 2014. pp. 582 (Short Half 1971 list hea ...

(born 1958), a British journalist and political aide. *

Seumas O'Kelly Seumas O'Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright. Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O'Kelly was educated locally and began his career as a journalist with the Cork newspaper ''Southern Star''. ...

(c. 1875–1918), an Irish author and playwright. *

Seumas O'Sullivan Seumas or Seamus O'Sullivan (born James Sullivan Starkey; 17 July 1879 – 24 March 1958) was an Irish poetry, Irish poet and editor of ''The Dublin Magazine''. His father, William Starkey (1836–1918), a physician, was also a poet and a friend of ...

(1879–1958), an Irish poet and editor of ''The Dublin Magazine''.

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