Her names originate from myth and legend, and she bears them with a graceful nonchalance. From the Celtic word for sun, Gráinne, daughter of Cormac, was promised to the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. She could be a descendant of Gráinne Ní Mháille, landowner of Mayo and Irish pirate queen. It’s hard to pronounce, even if you find it cool, and it’s harder still when spelling, it was easier to call her Ellen, fitting for a girl child born at full moon. Kim M. Russell, 26th April 2023
On Day Twenty-Six of NaPoWriMo, we are writing portrait poems that focus on or plays with the meaning of the subjects’ names, possibly self-portraits, a portraits of family members or close friends, or even portraits of famous or historical people. The photograph is of Ellen and me in Dublin in 1985.
writing in north norfolk 
Aah, reminded me of the glorious years in Ireland! Your name is perfectly pronounced by this African wanderer.
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Glad I could refresh the memories, Gloria. Whereabouts in Ireland were you?
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I lived in Dublin for 4 years studying for my first degree at DIT (has a different name now). Did some traveling too to Wicklow, Galway, Kerry, Waterford. It was a grand time 🙂
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I do find the name cool! Love the mythical references and that birth under a full moon in the last stanza.
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Thanks Romana!
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