Declan (given name)

Declan is an ancient Irish given name anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name Declán, also Deaglán or Déaglán.

Those bearing it include:

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• Saint Declán of Ardmore (fl. 5th century)
• Declan Affley (1939–1985), Australian folk singer and musician
• Declan Bree (born 1951), Irish politician and social campaigner
• Declan Conroy (born 1994) , plays BU17L4 soccer for W.O.S. (West Ottawa Soccer)
• Declan Costello (born 1926), Attorney General of Ireland
• Declan Coyne, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Declan Curry (fl. since 1997), Irish journalist who works for BBC News and BBC Breakfast in the United Kingdom
• Declan de Barra (born c. 1960), Irish musician, vocalist and bodhrán player of the former band Clann Zú
• Declan Donnellan (born 1953), British theatre director
• Declan Donnelly (born 1975), one half of British television duo Ant and Dec
• Declan Galbraith (born 1991), English singer
• Declan Ganley (born 1968), British businessman and political activist
• Declan Kidney (born 1959), Irish rugby union coach
• Declan Lewcock, British musician, songwriter and bass guitar player of The Smalls
• Declan McCullagh, journalist
• Declan McGonagle, Irish art curator
• Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (born 1954), the birth name of British musician Elvis Costello
• Declan Meehan, Irish radio presenter
• Declan Nerney (born c. 1970), Irish country music personality
• Declan Quinn (born 1957), American cinematographer
• Declan Ryan (born 1968), Irish sportsman
• Declan Sinnott (born c. 1950), Irish musician

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

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