It all became mixed. We’re Catholic so we all had to be named after saints until the 1960s I think it was, so even where Irish names pre-exist our Christianisation in the 6th century the only ones that remained in use are those that were related to Christianity. This is the case across all countries here afaik - not many Englishmen are called things like Ethelwulf anymore even though Ethelwulf was a Christian king in England. And anyway just cos Christianity originated in the Middle East doesn’t really make it a Middle Eastern faith; it was codified in Rome and Christendom has referred to European peoples and their colonies for centuries now.
Irelandlost 0 points 2 months ago
It all became mixed. We’re Catholic so we all had to be named after saints until the 1960s I think it was, so even where Irish names pre-exist our Christianisation in the 6th century the only ones that remained in use are those that were related to Christianity. This is the case across all countries here afaik - not many Englishmen are called things like Ethelwulf anymore even though Ethelwulf was a Christian king in England. And anyway just cos Christianity originated in the Middle East doesn’t really make it a Middle Eastern faith; it was codified in Rome and Christendom has referred to European peoples and their colonies for centuries now.