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Sadhbh (Old Irish: Sadb, anglicised Sive) is an Irish feminine personal name.[3] Derived from Proto-Celtic *swādwā '(the) sweet and lovely (lady)',[4] the name is cognate with the initial elements in the attested Gallic names Suadu-gena and Suadu-rix and with Sanskrit svādú-, Ancient Greek hedýs, Latin suāvis (compare Suada), 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" ("Sive" or "Sieve Oultagh" being anglicised from the Irish Sadhbh Amhaltach, or Ghostly Sally).[5] 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.[6]
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Notable people
- Sadhbh McGrath
- Sadhbh Nic Donnchadh, daughter of Donnchadh, King of Ossory and wife of Ard-Rí Donnachadh mac Flann Sionna; patroness of Saighir
- Sadhbh O'Sullivan, member of the band The Isohels
- "Sadhbh Trinseach", name adopted by Irish nationalist artist Cesca Chenevix Trench
- Sadhbh Bean Uí Mailchonaire
In fiction
- In Irish mythology, Sadhbh (or Saba) was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail
- Sadb ingen Chuinn was a daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, a High King of Ireland
- Sive, a 1959 play by John B. Keane and also the name of its lead character
- Traditional Irish sean-nós song, Sadhbh Ní Bhruinneallaigh [7]
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