Cormac, a truly noble name by any measure

We menfolk struggling along the road of life under the weight of the name Cormac are a very small sept indeed for reasons unknown to me, writes Cormac MacConnell.

There are hundreds and thousands of Patricks out there — many of them prominent and powerful; just as many named Seamus or Joseph or Eamon or Tom or suchlike but we Cormacs, for all my lifetime, have been as scarce as hens’ teeth on the currently sodden soil of the Emerald Isle.

Knowing and regretting that reality, decades ago, I applied the name Cormac to the second of my three fine sons in an effort to redress the situation.