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| Craiftine: | harper to Labraid Longseach; his harp was made of wood that had retained a secret about the king. |
| Craig: | "a steep rock" or "crag." Craigen. |
| Credne: | a bronzesmith god of the Tuatha De Danann and one of the triad of smiths. He helped Dian Cecht make the silver arm for Nuada. |
| Crimthan: | (Irish) Criomhthann old, rare name meaning "fox"; common among the Kavanaghs of Leinster. First name of Saint Columcille; Saint Criomhthann's feast day is May 23. |
| Criofan: | (KREE-fan) Old Irish=name Crimthann "a fox." Crimthann was the name of ten of Finn mac Cumhaill's warriors, and of one Saint Crimthann. Crimthann, Crimathann. |
| Cr: | (KRIS-ter)(Gr) "Christ-bearer"; version of Christopher. Criostal (Scotland & N. Ireland). |
| Crofton: | "a small town with little houses and fields." |
| Cu Chulainn: | (KOO KUHL-in) Name of the hero of the early Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Cu Chulainn's birth name was Setanta, and was given his adult name after he killed a watch dog of the smith, Culann. He then assumed the dog's place and duties and was renamed Cu Chulainn "hound of Culann." Other early names that begin with cu are Cu Maige (Hound of the Plain); Cu Mara (Hound of the Sea); and Cu Coigriche (Hound of the Border). Cu was a common title of Celtic chieftains. |
| Cu Roi: | name of a king of Munster, Cu Roi mac Daire; he had great Otherworld powers. Because his wife, Blanaid, loved Cu Chulainn, she helped kill Cu Roi. |
| C: | (koo-ULL-uh) "hound of Ulster." Cooley, Cullo, Cooey, Covey. |
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