XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.irish   
   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an ceathrú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh HenHanna:   
      
    > Ronin is a masculine name of Japanese and Irish origin.    This deeply   
   historic   
    > name tracks all the way back to feudal Japan, where rÅ   
   nin referred to a   
    > master-less samurai.   
      
   I am not aware of Ronin as an Irish name. (43 years old, born and raised and   
   currently living in Ireland.) Ronan is a normal Irish male name.   
      
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