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Peadar is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic (in Manx the name is spelt Peddyr).[1][2] The names are ultimately derived from the Greek word petros, meaning "stone, rock", making them cognates to English Peter.[1]
People with the given name include:
- Peadar Ó Doirnín (c. 1700–1769), Ulster poet
- Peadar Andrews, Irish Gaelic footballer in 2005 and 2006
- Peadar Byrne, Irish former Gaelic footballer
- Peadar Carton (born 1986), Irish hurler
- Peadar Clancy (1888–1920), member of the Irish Republican Army who participated the 1916 Easter Rising
- Peadar Clohessy (1933–2014), Irish politician
- Peadar Cowan (1903–1962), Irish politician
- Peadar Doyle (died 1956), Irish politician
- Peadar Duignan (1898–1955), Irish politician
- Peadar Gaskins (1908–1949), Irish footballer
- Peadar Kearney (1883–1942), Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs
- Peadar Kirby, author and academic at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick
- Peadar Livingstone (1930–1987), Irish Roman Catholic priest and scholar
- Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich (1857–1942), Irish writer
- Peadar Maher (1924–2012), Irish politician and publican
- Peadar Ó Guilín, Irish novelist
- Peadar O'Donnell (1893–1986), Irish republican Marxist activist and writer
- Peadar O'Loughlin (1929–2017), Irish flute, fiddle, and uilleann pipes player
- Peadar Tóibín (born 1974), Irish politician
- Peadar Uí Gealacáin (1793–1860), Irish scribe and hedge school master
- Peadar Ua Laoghaire (1839–1920), Irish writer and Catholic priest
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