Proinsias From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up Proinsias in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proinsias is a given name, the Irish equivalent of Francis. Notable people with the name include: Proinsias De Rossa (born 1940), Irish Labour Party politician Proinsias Mac Airt (1922–1992), Irish republican activist Proinsias Mac an Bheatha (1910–1990), Irish language activist and writer Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (1933–2003), Irish journalist, writer, TV presenter, and campaigner Proinsias Mac Cana (1926–2004), academic and Celtic scholar Proinsias Ó Doibhlin (1660–1724), Irish Franciscan friar, poet, and scribe Proinsias Ó Maonaigh (1922–2006), Irish fiddler Characters Proinsias Cassidy, character from the Preacher comic book series See also Francis (given name) List of Irish-language given names Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Related Articles