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Seoirse (Irish:[ˈʃoːɾˠʃə]) is an Irish masculine given name. It is the Irish equivalent of
George.[1] The name was rare in Ireland prior to the ascension of the
House of Hanover to the throne of the
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland in the early 18th century. A rare variant of the name is Seorsa.[2]
People
People with the name Seoirse include:
Seóirse Bodley (1933–2023), Irish composer and associate professor of music
Seoirse Mac Tomáis, the Irish name of
George Derwent Thomson (1903–1987), British classical scholar, Marxist philosopher, and scholar of the Irish language
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