Padraic
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Padraic is an Irish male name -- pronounced alternately "POD-rig", "POR-rig", and sometimes in U.S. as "pa-DRAY-ick" or "pa-DRICK". It's the source of the English "Patrick" meaning "noble" or "a patriarch".
The diminutive form "Paddy" is sometimes considered offensive.
[edit] Famous people called Padraic
- Padraic Colum, author
- Padraic Fallon, Irish poet (1905 - 1974).
- Pádraic McCormack, Irish Fine Gael politician
- Padraic Pearse, Irish activist/revolutionary (also known as Patrick Henry Pearse or Pádraig Pearse).
- Liam Padraic Aiken American Actor
[edit] Reference
- Padraic Colum, "The King of Ireland's Son"
