ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3112 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3112 ************************************ 31 Aug 2006 From: Ursula Whitcher Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked about a Gaelic name for a woman named , living in Ireland between the ninth and seventeenth century, whose father was named and whose grandfather was named . We'll discuss your name, your father's name, and your grandfather's name separately, and then look at ways to combine the elements. As you will see, we found forms of most of the names you asked about only toward the beginning of your period, or even before. Therefore, we'll concentrate on a ninth-century name. We have found references to four early or semi-legendary women named
  • : two saints, the mother of a different saint, and a poet. [1,2] (Here the slash represents an acute accent mark on the preceding letter.) The poem 'Cen a/inius' ('Without pleasure, joyless') from the viewpoint of the poet Li/adan has been dated to c. 875, though the poet herself may have lived earlier. [3] We have not found any evidence that the name
  • was used after the ninth century. We found twenty-four people named between the sixth and tenth century. This is a fine choice for your father's name. [4] The name was used occasionally in the ninth and tenth centuries. However, we have only found the name used by men who held religious office. [5,6,7,8] Priests and monks in Ireland in your period did marry occasionally, so it wouldn't be astonishing to find a woman whose grandfather was a religious figure named .
  • 'Li/adan daughter of A/eda/n son of Columb' is a possible ninth-century name for the granddaughter of a man holding religious office. Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Mari neyn Brian, Talan Gwynek, Calybrid ine Tere, Arval Benicoeur, Adelaide de Beaumont, and Juliana de Luna assisted in researching and writing this letter. For the Academy, Ursula Georges 31 August 2006 References: [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.n. Li/adan. [2] O/ Riain, Pa/draig, ed., _Corpus Genealogiarum Sanctorum Hiberniae_ (Dublin: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1985). [3] Murphy, Gerard, ed., _Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century_, (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1956, pp. 82-84, published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1996) http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G400035/ [4] Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals" (WWW: Academy of S. Gabriel, 2001-2006) s.n. A/eda/n. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/ [5] Donnchadh O/ Corra/in & Mavis Cournane, "The Annals of Ulster" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1997) http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100001A/. (d. 987-989) 988.4 Colum airchinnech Corcaidhe (d. 1002) 1002.6 Colum airchinnech Imlecha Ibhair [6] Donnchadh O/ Corra/in, ed., "Annals of Inisfallen" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 2000). http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100004/ (d. 987-989) 989.5 Colum mc. Ci/aruca/in, comarba Barre (d. 1002) 995.5 Columb h-Ua Lagena/in 1002.3 Coluim h-Ui/ Lagenain, comarbai Ailbi [7] Mavis Cournane, Donnchadh O/ Corra/in, ed., "Annals of the Four Masters, Volume 5" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1998). http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100005E/ (d. 987-989) 987.3 Colum, airchindeach Corcaighe (d. 1002) 1001.2 Colam, abb Imleacha Iubhair [8] Gearo/id Mac Niocaill and William M. Hennessy, ed., "Chronicon Scotorum" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 2003). http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016/ (d. 852) CS852 Colum mac Airechtaigh ab Corcaighe