When it came to slavery, the Union, not the Confederacy, was the true guardian of states' rights in the antebellum era.
dym-(p)hna, dy-mph-na ] The baby girl name Dymphna is pronounced as DIHMFNaa- or DIHMPNaa- â . Dymphna is mainly used in Dutch and it is of Celtic origin. The name Dymphna means fawn. The Irish Damhnait, the Irish Devnet, the English Dimpna, and the Dutch, English, and Gaelic Dympna are variant forms of the name. Dymphna is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
St. Dymphna's Day. According to legend, St. Dymphna (or Dimpna) was the daughter of a seventh-century Irish king. She fled with her priest to Geel, Belgium, to escape her pagan father's demand for an incestuous marriage. There she was found by the king, who killed her and the priest. St.