Dervla

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Dervla and Derval are female Irish given names, anglicised from Deirbhile and Dearbháil, respectively. Dearbhla is a Gaelicised hybrid of the two names.

Fál', Fál being a poetic name for Ireland;[2] or else 'true desire'.[4]

People with these names include:

Deirbhile, Dervla

  • Darbiled or Deirbhile, an anchoress who founded a monastery at Erris in the sixth century
  • Dervla Kirwan (born 1971) Irish actress
  • Dervla Murphy (1931-2022) Irish travel writer
  • Dervla Burke
    , musician in the country band Crystal Swing
  • Dervla Magennis
    , contestant in series 1 of The Voice of Ireland

Derbáil, Dearbháil, Dearbhail, Derval

Dearbhla

Fictional

  • Dearbhla Dillon
    , 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

References

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  3. ^ O'Brien, Kathleen M. "Derbáil / Dearbháil". Index of Names in Irish Annals. Medieval Scotland. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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