Eamon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Éamonn (“Edmund”).
Proper noun
Eamon
- A male given name.
- 1992 Colm Tóibín, The Heather Blazing, Picador (1993), →ISBN, page 25:
- The workman in charge was called Eamonn Breen. He said that there were two 'n's in Eamonn.
- 'I'm called after Eamon de Valera,' Eamon said. 'And he's the Taoiseach.'
- 'Yes, and he's wrong,' Eamonn Breen said.
- 'You're nor Fianna Fáil', he said. Eamonn Breen later told his father what had happened and they both laughed.
- 1992 Colm Tóibín, The Heather Blazing, Picador (1993), →ISBN, page 25:
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