ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1207 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1207 ************************************ 5 Aug 1998 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for information about the name . This letter is a brief answer to your question. The Academy tries to help people to choose names to suit a particular time and place in history. Since you didn't tell us anything about the persona that goes with the name, we can't do that for you. We can give you some general information about the name and when and where it was used, and point you to some sources where you can learn more about names from that period. If your aim is to find documentation for a name so that you can register it with the SCA College of Arms, we may or may not be able to help you. Documenting submissions isn't our focus: We want to help you to choose and use a name that fits the historical culture you are re-creating. Our research can sometimes be used to support submissions to the College of Arms, but that it not our goal and our results are often incompatible with the College's needs. If your main goal is to register a particular name, then we may not be able to help you. is an English form of the Irish name that was spelled up to the early Middle Ages, later in period. The name was still in use in the 16th century; a daughter of Sir Donal O'Connor Sligo by that name married Tibbot ne Long Bourke, the son of the famous Grace O'Malley, in 1585 [1,2,3]. For further information in period Irish names, we recommend the following articles, available on the web: Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/quick_gaelic_bynames.html Early Irish Feminine Names From the Index To O'Brien's "Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae" http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~ximenez/s.gabriel/docs/irish-obrien.html The book listed below as reference [3] is also an excellent source. I hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions or would like more information on medieval Irish names. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 5 Aug 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Chambers, Anna. _Granuaile: The Life and Times of Grace O'Malley_. Dublin : Wolfhound Press, 1988. [2] Chambers, Anna. _Chieftain to Knight: Tibbot-ne-Long Bourke (1567-1629)_. Dublin : Wolfhound Press, 1983. [3] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -