From Ó Gríobhtha, ‘griffin-like, fierce’ — a Thomond sept rooted in Clare and Kerry, part of the O'Brien-led kingdom of Munster.
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Gaelic Origin · Root meaning ‘griffin-like, fierce’
Griffin comes from gríobhtha, likening its bearer to the griffin of legend — read simply as ‘fierce’ or ‘spirited’. The Ó Gríobhtha held ground in Thomond, the O'Brien-led kingdom straddling Clare, sharing that same corner of Munster with several other septs on this list.
A mythical beast's name for a very real family — one more Thomond sept whose fierceness outlasted the kingdom that gave it room to matter.
Irish form: Ó Gríobhtha
