Sadhbh (name)


Sadhbh is an Irish feminine personal name. Derived from Proto-Celtic *swādwā ' sweet and lovely ', the name is cognate with the initial elements in the attested Gallic names Suadu-gena and Suadu-rix and with Sanskrit svādú-, Ancient Greek ἡδύσ, Latin suāvis, Tocharian B swāre and Modern English sweet.
The town Cahersiveen in County Kerry roughly translates to 'The Fortress of Little Sadhbh'.
The Whiteboys, a secret agrarian organisation in 18th century Ireland, referred to themselves as "Queen Sive Oultagh's children". This likely stemmed from the tradition of personifying Ireland as a woman and its people as her children, and was used alongside other women's names as intimidating pseudonyms on Whiteboy letters.

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