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Máel Muire
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Máel Muire or Máelmuire or Maolmhuire is an Irish unisex name meaning "devotee of Mary". It was often Anglicized as Miles, Miler, Milo, or Myles.[1][2]
Notable people with the name include:
Men
- Máel Muire (bishop of the Scots), possible 10th-century bishop of Cennrígmonaid, modern-day St Andrews
- Máel Muire mac Céilechair (died 1106), Irish cleric and scribe at the monastery of Clonmacnoise
- Máel Muire, Earl of Atholl, early 12th century Scot ruler
- Maolmhuire Mag Raith (c. 1523 – 1622), Irish prelate also known by the Anglicized name Miler or Miles Magrath
Women
- Máel Muire ingen Cináeda, daughter of Kenneth MacAlpin and wife of two Irish kings, died 913
- Máel Muire ingen Neill, died 966[citation needed]
- Máel Muire bean Flainn, fl. late 9th century[citation needed]
- Máel Muire ingen Amlaíb, Queen of Ireland, died 1021
References
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