ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2045 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2045 ************************************ ************************************************* * * * NOTE: Later research turned up additional * * information relevant to this report. * * See the end of the letter for details. * * * ************************************************* 18 Apr 2000 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked whether is an appropriate name for an Irish woman in our period. This letter is a brief answer to your question. or (with an acute accent mark on the second 'i') is a Gaelic borrowing of the English name or [1, 3]. As such, it couldn't have been used until some time after the English arrival in Ireland, i.e. the late 13th century or later. It was pronounced \EHV-leen~\ or \AV-leen~\. The symbol \n~\ represents the sound of n-tilde in Spanish or of the in French . is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name , which was in continuous use from the early Middle Ages to the end of our period [1, 2]. It was pronounced roughly \CHEE@R-nahn\. \EE@\ represents a diphthong similar to the one in . The combination, "Eibhli/n daughter of Tighearna/n" is a fine choice for any time in the late 13th to 16th centuries. At the early end of that span, the name might have been spelled differently; if you're interested, let us know and we'll send you the details. The full name would have been pronounced \AV-leen EEN-y@n CHEE@R-nahn~\. \@\ alone represents the sound of the in . We hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek, Tangywstyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, and Mari neyn Brian. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 18 Apr 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), p.84, 170. [2] Cournane, Mavis, Vibeke Dijkman, Ivonne Tummers, ed., "Anna/la Connacht" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland., 1997), 1449.2, 1468.16, 1473.12, 1508.6. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100011/ [3] Woulfe, Patrick, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_ (Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation), s.n. Aibhili/n. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Correction, 26 Oct 2001, Arval: After a word ending in 'n', like , the letters 'D' and 'T' do not lenite.