Etymology

Ceann Comhairle

Today it means: The speaker of Dáil Éireann Full definition →

Irish ceann
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  1. Irish · derived fromceann“head”
  2. English todayCeann Comhairle

From Irish ceann (“head”) + comhairle (“[of] council”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.