Fintan
Fintan is an
Salmon of Wisdom and the name may thus have deeper roots in Celtic mythology
. The mythical figure is probably the source for the use of the name in medieval and modern times.
Notable persons and characters with this name include:
- mythological
- Fintan mac Bóchra, figure in Irish mythology
- Ireland and Scotland, medieval
- Fintan of Clonenagh, 6th- and 7th-century Irish saint
- Saint Fintan Munnu, 7th-century Irish saint, a disciple of Saint Columba
- Findanus, 9th- and 10th-century chief on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Fintan of Rheinau (Findan, Findanus), 9th c. catholic saint and hermit, born in Leinster, active in Rheinau, Switzerland
- Ireland, modern
- James Fintan Lalor, (1807–1849) an Irish revolutionary
- Fintan O'Toole (born 1958), Irish columnist, writer, literary editor and drama critic
- Fintan Kilbride (1927–2006), Irish priest
- Fintan McAllister, Irish cricketer
- Fintan Connolly, Irish film-maker
- Fintan Coogan Snr (1910–1985), Irish Fine Gael politician
- Fintan Coogan Jnr, Irish Fine Gael politician
- Fintan Cullen, Irish writer and academic
- Fintan Walsh, Irish Gaelic football player
- Fintan Warfield, Irish Sinn Féin politician
- Great Britain, modern
- Fintan Ryan, British scriptwriter
- Switzerland
- Fintan of Rheinau (Findan, Findanus), 9th c. catholic saint and hermit, born in Leinster, active in Rheinau, Switzerland
- Fintan Birchler, 18th c. priest in Rheinau, Switzerland, author of a vita of Fintan of Rheinau[1]
- Fintan Mundwiler, 19th-century Swiss Benedictine
Fictional characters
- Fintan Pyren, an unstable villainous murderer in the book series Keeper of The Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
References
- ^ Fintan Birchler: Der Heilige Fintan: ein Muster der Christlichen Vollkommenheit, 1793