MALACHY

Malachy: translation

Irish: name of anIrishking who defeated the Norse invaders in an important battle. His baptismal name wasMaoileachlainn‘devotee of St Seachnall’ or Secundinus, but in medieval sources telling of his life this has already been altered to coincide with that of the biblical prophet generally known inEnglishasMalachi. Malachi was the last of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament; he foretold the coming of Christ and his name means, appropriately, ‘my messenger’ inHebrew.