aoghaire
Definitions (by source)
‘shepherd’, ‘pastor’ 32.22, 36.2; nom. pl. aoghairighe 43.12; dat. pl. aóghairibh 18.16
Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.
a sheperd. fuair <...> oineach n-aoghaire, precise meaning doubtful owing to a faulty text, 1019. There seems to have been a common phrase aoghaire an oinigh, the guardian of generosity ; cf. in t-ene (=an t-eineach), gan aeghaire, MCS, p. 332
Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.
m., shepherd, herd.
Stories from Keating's History of Ireland. Editor: Osborn Bergin.
m., shepherd, 3490, 6619; pl. –ridhe, 9650
Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Editor: Osborn Bergin.