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Tadhg m

Irish and Scottish Gaelic: traditional name, originally a byname meaning ‘poet, philosopher’. This was a very common given name throughout the Middle Ages, and Protestants in modern Northern Ireland use Taig or Teague as a generic derogatory term for a Catholic Irishman.

Anglicized forms (Irish): Tad, Teague, Teigue, THADDEUS (SEE Thaddeus), Thady, Tim.