Niamh (, with two syllables) is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "bright" or "radiant". Niav, Neve, Neave, Neeve and Nieve are anglicised and phonetically spelled forms of the name. The Old Irish spelling is Niaṁ.
In Irish mythology, Niamh was a goddess, the daughter of the god of the sea and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth. She was the lover of the poet-hero Oisín.
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Famous quotes containing the word niamh:
“The host is rushing ‘twixt night and day,
And where is there hope or deed as fair?
Caoilte tossing his burning hair,
And Niamh calling Away, come away.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)