Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Ó Daimhín\" is one of several surnames derived from the Irish Gaelic that are now rendered in English as Devine. The root of this name is \"damh\", which according to Dineen means an \"Ox or a Stag\". It is also used figuratively as \"Hero\". Confusingly, scholars in the 19th and early 20th centuries sometimes thought it was derived from \"dámh\", meaning a bard or poet but this is no longer accepted. Older forms of the name were written as \"Ua Daimhine\" and \"Ua Daimhin\"."@en }
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- Ó_Daimhín comment "\"Ó Daimhín\" is one of several surnames derived from the Irish Gaelic that are now rendered in English as Devine. The root of this name is \"damh\", which according to Dineen means an \"Ox or a Stag\". It is also used figuratively as \"Hero\". Confusingly, scholars in the 19th and early 20th centuries sometimes thought it was derived from \"dámh\", meaning a bard or poet but this is no longer accepted. Older forms of the name were written as \"Ua Daimhine\" and \"Ua Daimhin\".".