sentences:  It was and still is a popular name in Ireland, and is sometimes spelt in its Anglicised forms "Maura" and "Moira".Historically, "Maol Muire" (devotee of Mary) was the reverential form used by the Irish, just as "Giolla Phádraig" (servant of Pádraig) was the reverential usage for what subsequently became Pádraig.Following the Norman Invasion of Ireland, Máire gradually replaced "Maol Muire" as a given name, as Pádraig gradually replaced "Giolla Phádraig".