Canice, Coinneach: Pronounced Caniss or Ko+in+ock
Americanized: Kenny or Kenneth
County: Kilkenny
In Gaelic, Coinneach means “attractive person” but it is also the
name of a 6th-century saint who was one of the
Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Having helped spread Christianity throughout Scotland and Ireland, he ended up in one of the last areas of Ireland to be converted. The name of that county where the saint conquered was called Kilkenny, or Cill Chainnigh in Irish — the Church of Coinneach, in his honor.