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'''Declan''' is an ancient [[Irish people|Irish]] [[given name]] anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name [[Declán]], also Deaglán or Déaglán |
'''Declan''' is an ancient [[Irish people|Irish]] [[given name]] anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name [[Declán]], also Deaglán or Déaglán. St. Declan founded a monastery in Ireland in the 5th century, and the St. Declan's stone has been credited as the site of many miracles. The name is believed to mean "man of prayer" or "full of goodness". |
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Revision as of 13:12, 29 September 2018
Declan is an ancient Irish given name anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name Declán, also Deaglán or Déaglán. St. Declan founded a monastery in Ireland in the 5th century, and the St. Declan's stone has been credited as the site of many miracles. The name is believed to mean "man of prayer" or "full of goodness".
Those bearing it include:
A-E
- Saint Declán of Ardmore (fl. 5th century)
- Declan Affley (1939–1985), Australian folk singer and musician
- Declan Barron (born 1951), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Declan Bennett (born 1981), English singer songwriter and actor
- Declan Bonner (born 1965), Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
- Declan Brady, a fictional character in the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Declan Breathnach (born 1958), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Declan Bree (born 1978), Irish Gaelic football player
- Declan Browne (born 1958), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Declan Buckley, Irish television personality and drag queen
- Declan Buckley (designer), British garden and land scape designer
- Declan Burke (born 1972), British guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist
- Declan Burns (born 1956), Irish sprint canoer
- Declan Burke, a fictional character in the soap opera Family Affairs
- Declan Carr (born 1965), Irish hurler
- Declan Cassidy, Irish television and film director
- Declan Costello (1926–2011), Attorney General of Ireland
- Declan Coyne, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Declan Cross (born 1993), a professional Canadian football fullback
- Declan Curry (fl. since 1997), Irish journalist who works for BBC News and BBC Breakfast in the United Kingdom
- Declan Cusack (born 1988), Irish rugby union player
- Declan Dale, a fictional character in the 2016 film Exposed
- Declan Danaher (born 1980), a rugby union footballer
- Declan Darcy, a Gaelic footballer
- Declan de Barra (born c. 1960), Irish musician, vocalist and bodhrán player of the former band Clann Zú
- Declan Desmond, a fictional character on the animated sitcom The Simpsons
- Declan Devine (born 1973), a Northern Irish manager and footballer
- Declan Donnellan (born 1953), British theatre director
- Declan Donnelly (born 1975), one half of British television duo Ant and Dec
- Declan Edge (born 1965), Malaysian soccer player
- Declan Edwards (born 1989), Irish footballer
F-K
- Declan Fanning (born 1979), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
- Declan Farmer (born 1997), American sledge hockey player
- Declan Feenan (born 1980), Irish playwright
- Declan Fitzpatrick (born 1983), Irish rugby union player
- Declan Flaherty, a fictional character on the soap opera EastEnders
- Declan Flynn, (1951–1982), Irish gay man
- Declan Fogarty, (born 1960), Irish sportsperson
- Declan Gage, a fictional character on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Declan Galbraith (born 1991), English singer
- Declan Gallagher (born 1991), Scottish footballer
- Declan Ganley (born 1968), Irish businessman and political activist
- Declan Geoghegan (born 1964), Irish soccer player
- Declan Giggs (born 1964), a fictional character in the Brotherhood U.S. TV series
- Declan Glass (born 2000), a Scottish footballer
- Declan Hannon (born 1992), Irish hurler
- Declan Hegarty (born 1992), Irish Olympic hammer thrower
- Declan Hill, Canadian journalist, academic and consultant
- Declan Hughes (born 1973), Irish snooker player
- Declan Hughes (writer) (born 1963), Irish novelist, playwright and screenwriter
- Declan Hulme (born 1993), Irish novelist, playwright and screenwriter
- Declan James (born 1993), British professional squash player
- Declan John (born 1995), Welsh professional footballer
- Declan Jones (born 1995), British racing driver
- Declan Kearney (born 1964), Irish Sinn Féin politician
- Declan Kelly (disambiguation), several people
- Declan Kennedy (born 1934), Irish architect
- Declan Kiberd (born 1951), Irish writer and scholar
- Declan Kidney (born 1959), Irish rugby union coach
L-N
- Declan Lally, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Declan Michael Laird (born 1993), Scottish actor
- Declan Lang (born 1950), English prelate
- Declan Long (born 1950), Irish art critic and lecturer
- Declan Lowney (born 1960), Irish television and film director
- Declan Lynch (born 1961), Irish journalist, writer and playwright
- Declan Macey, a fictional character on the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Declan Masterson, Irish uilleann piper, traditional musician, composer and arranger
- Declan Maxwell, Gaelic footballer
- Declan McAleer (born 1973), Irish Sinn Féin politician
- Declan McCullagh, journalist
- Declan McDaid (born 1995), Scottish footballer
- Declan McDonnell (born 1948), Irish independent politician
- Declan McDonogh (born 1989), Irish jockey
- Declan McGonagle (born 1953), Irish art curator
- Declan McKenna (born 1998), British singer, songwriter, and musician
- Declan McManus (born 1994), Scottish professional footballer
- Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (born 1954), the birth name of British musician Elvis Costello
- Declan Meade, a fictional character in the literary magazine The Stinging Fly
- Declan Meehan (radio presenter), Irish radio presenter
- Declan Meehan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1976), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Declan Morgan (born 1952), Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
- Declan Mountford (born 1997), a professional Australian rules footballer
- Declan Mulholland (1932–1999), Irish character actor
- Declan Mulligan (born 1938), Irish rock, musician, singer and songwriter
- Declan Mullin (born 1938), Irish senior director of ballpark operations
- Declan Murphy (disambiguation), several people
- Declan Napier, a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Declan Nash (born 1966), Irish sportsperson
- Declan Nerney (born c. 1959), Irish country music personality
O-Z
- Declan O'Brien, American writer and director
- Declan O'Brien (footballer) (born 1979), a professional footballer
- Declan O'Donnell (born 1990), a New Zealand international rugby sevens player
- Declan O'Dwyer (director) (born 1968), British writer, producer, and film and television director.
- Declan O'Dwyer (hurler) (born 1987), Irish hurler
- Declan O'Keeffe (born 1972), Irish sportsperson
- Declan O'Loan (born 1951), Irish member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Declan O'Mahony, Gaelic footballer
- Declan O'Rourke, Irish singer-songwriter
- Declan O'Sullivan (born 1983), Irish sportsperson
- Declan Patton (born 1995), English rugby league footballer
- Declan Pilkington (born 1969), Irish hurler
- Declan Porter, a fictional character on the American television series Revenge
- Declan Power, Irish Army soldier, defense analyst and author
- Declan Prendergast (born 1981), Irish hurler
- Declan Qualter, Irish hurler
- Declan Quigley, Irish broadcaster and journalist
- Declan Quill, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Declan Quinn (born 1957), American cinematographer
- Declan Rand, a fictional character in the American television series Psych
- Declan Rice (born 1999), English professional footballer
- Declan Rudd (born 1991), English professional footballer
- Declan Ruth (born 1976), Irish hurler
- Declan Ryan (born 1943), Irish chef
- Declan Ryan (born 1968), Irish sportsman
- Declan Shalvey, Irish comic book artist
- Declan Sheehan (born 1998), English rugby league footballer
- Declan Sinnott (born 1950), Irish musician
- Declan Smith (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player
- Declan Sykes, an Australian X-factor contestant
- Declan Walsh (born 1989), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Declan Walsh (journalist), Irish journalist
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