Rónán
In Irish Mythology, the name is derived from a very old legend, which tells the story of a mother seal who is warned never to stray too closely to the land.Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as "ronans" or "little seals", she never quite loses her "sea-longing".However, she cannot forget her husband and children and can be seen swimming close to the shore, keeping a watchful and loving eye on them.[2] It is also from the personal name Ruadhán, meaning 'little red one', anglicized as Roan, Rowan, Roy and Ryan.[4][5] There are twelve Irish saints bearing the name of Ronan commemorated in the Martyrology of Donegal:[6] These include: The name appears in an ogham inscription documented by the Ogham in 3D project[8] as ᚏᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ ᚋᚐᚊ ᚉᚑᚋᚑᚌᚐᚅᚅ (transliteration: RO/NA/NN MAQ COMOGANN) or, Rónán, son of Comgán.