Aifric (Middle Irish Affraic) is an Irish language female given name.[1] Affraic is attested as a name borne by women of Gaelic background, between the 8th and 15th centuries.[1][2] Described as "now very rare" in 1923,[1] it has been revived somewhat in Ireland as part of a general increase in the use of Irish-language names.

Bearers of the name

Medieval
Modern
  • Aifric Keogh, Irish Olympic rower, bronze medal coxless four, Tokyo 2021.[4]
  • Aifric Mac Aodha, poet and editor of Irish-language journal Comhar, born 1979.[5]
  • Aifric Campbell, author.[6]
  • Afric McGlinchey, poet, book editor , reviewer and critic ; winner of the 2010 Hennessy Poetry Award . Lives in West Cork.

Fictional

  • Aifric - title character of an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers.[7]
  • "When Aifric and I put in at that little creek", a poem by Paul Muldoon.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Aifric". Irish names and surnames.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 O'Brien, Kathleen M. (26 March 2008). "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Affraic". medievalscotland.org. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. Oram, Richard Duncan (1988), The lordship of Galloway c. 1000 to c. 1250 (PhD thesis), University of St Andrews, pp. 79–80, hdl:10023/2638
  4. "Tokyo 2020: 'It hasn't sunk in yet' says father of bronze-winning rower".
  5. "Aifric Mac Aodha". The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry. Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. Singh, Anita (8 March 2012). "Orange Prize for Fiction: ex-City trader on longlist". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. "New Series of TG4 s Aifric In Production". The Irish Film & Television Network. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  8. Quinney, Laura (23 October 2003). "In the Studebaker (review of Moy Sand and Gravel by Paul Muldoon)". London Review of Books. 25 (20): 20–21. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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