ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3116 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3116 ************************************ 5 Jul 2006 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You asked for help creating a name appropriate for an Irish woman living between 800 and 1000, with a form of or as your given name, or as your father's name, and the correct Gaelic form of as your clan name. Here is the information we have found. is a fine choice for your given name. We find it 12 times between 763 and 1016. [1] It was one of the most popular feminine names in early Ireland. [2] was pronounced roughly \AYTH-n^@\ in your period, where \n^\ is the sound of in , and \@\ is the sound of in or . Unfortunately, no form of , , or is appropriate for your period. These names were all introduced to the Gaelic naming pool by the Anglo-Normans, who first invaded in the 12th century. was adopted into Gaelic via the French spelling ; we find the Gaelic spelling in the 15th and 16th centuries. [1] (Here, the slash represents an acute accent over the previous letter.) was adopted as , which we find as early as 1276. [1] was adopted into Gaelic via the Latin form and via the French form . [2] was adopted as or , in the 13th century, and , which we find as early as 1287. [7,11] was adopted as , which we find from 1280 on. [2,8] We did find one example of an early eighth century man whose grandfather was named ; it is possible that his grandfather was a cleric and took the name upon taking offices. [2,7,9,10] This is not very strong evidence to recommend the use of this name in your period. If you move your period to the 15th and 16th centuries, then any of , , or is a fine name, but we wouldn't recommend these for any earlier period. If any of these interest you, please write us again for pronunciations. Clan affiliation bynames first came into use in the 10th century, and were fairly common from the 11th century on. [3] is a modern English form of the clan name spelled in Gaelic during the later part of our period. There were two O'Fallon clans - one was a Leinster family who were formerly lords of Ciroch na gCeadach, and the other was a Connacht family who were the lords of Clann Uadach in the barony of Athlone. [4] The earliest we found an example of the clan byname is in 1064. [5] The record itself dates from a later period, and so this spelling is not representative of the spelling which would have been used in the mid-11th century. In the mid-11th century, this would have been spelled . The appropriate feminine form is , where the period represents a dot over the previous letter. [6] was pronounced roughly \EEN-y@n wee AHL-l@-bhahn^\, where \bh\ is a sound which doesn't occur in English. It is the sound of or in Spanish 'wolf' and 'grape'. The sound can be made by positioning your lips to say a \b\, but relaxing them slightly so that the air escapes. The earliest example that we've found of a woman using a clan style byname is in 1015. [5] It's possible that could have been used by a woman at the very end of your period. Prior to that, most women were recorded with just a patronymic byname, e.g., one indicating her father's given name. If you'd like to pick a name for your father which is appropriate for your period, we recommend that you chose a name from the following article: "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Given Names: 801-900 http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/801-900.shtml and "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Given Names: 901-1000" http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/901-1000.shtml Once you've chosen a name for your father, please write us again and we'll be happy to tell you how to correctly form a patronymic byname, and how it would have been pronounced. We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate to write us again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Juliana de Luna, Mari neyn Brian, Talan Gwynek, and Ari Ansson. For the Academy, -Aryanhwy merch Catmael 05 July 2006 -- References: [1] Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals" (WWW: Academy of S. Gabriel, 2001-2002). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/ [2] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). s.nn. Eithne, Eoin, Sean [3] Krossa, Sharon L. (Effric neyn Kenyeoch vc Ralte), "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names (3rd Edition)" (WWW: Privately published, 22 Jun 2001) http://www.MedievalScotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/ [4] Woulfe, Patrick, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_ (Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation). s.n. O/ Fallamhain [5] Donnchadh O/ Corra/in & Mavis Cournane, "Annals of the Four Masters, vol. 2", six volumes (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1997-98), entries M903-M1171. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100005B/ [6] This dot, called a punctum delens, was later represented as an following the letter, e.g. was written in later period as . [7] 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/ U718.4 Cronan h. Eoain, abbas Lis Moir [8] Stephen Beechinor, Beatrix Fa"rber, Daithi/ O/ Corra/in, ed., "Annals of the Four Masters, Volume 3" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 2000), entries M1172-M1372. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100005C/ M1280.1 Seaan Ua Laidhigh easpocc Cille h-Aladh [9] Donnchadh O/ Corra/in & Mavis Cournane, "Annals of the Four Masters, vol. 1", six volumes (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1997-98), entries to M902.7. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100005A/ M716.3 Crona/n ua Eoain, abb Lis Mo/ir Mo Chuda [10] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh, ed., "Annals of Tigernach" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 1996). http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/ T718.5 Cronan h-ua h-Eoain ab Lis Moir mortuus est. [11] Donnchadh O/ Corra/in, ed., "Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat" (WWW: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork, Ireland, 2003) http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100001B/ U1287.2 Mac Eoin mac Aedha Buidhe h-Ui Neill