ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3303
http://www.s-gabriel.org/3303
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16 Jul 2007
From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael 

Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel!

We'd like to apologize for not answering all your questions in our
previous report to you. [1]  We'd also like to apologize for the delay
in this follow-up concerning anglicized forms of the late-period
Gaelic name feminine <Sla/ine inghean Phaidi/n>. [2]  We hope that
this information is still useful for you.

You are right that <Sla/ine> was recorded as <Slany> in 14th-century
document written in Latin by an English speaker. [3]  As <Slany> is
not a typical Latin form, we believe it represents an English form of
<Sla/ine>.  In the same records, the element <Pa/idi/n> occurs in the
inflected form <Padyno>; again, this is not a typical Latin form, and
we would be unsurprised to see <Padyn> or <Padin> as an English
rendering of this name in the 14th century. [3]

We have only one 14th-century example of an anglicized form of a
woman's byname, and that is the example of <Enynimolan> that you
mentioned. [3]  Here, we believe that <Enyni> represents Gaelic
<inghean ui>; for simply <inghean>, we recommend <Enyn->.

We have more data on anglicized forms of Gaelic women's bynames in the
late 16th and early 17th centuries.  In this period, we find the
following references to Gaelic women in English contexts: [4,5]

  <Juane Ny Teige O'Donovane>, daughter of <Teige O'Donovane>
  <Ellen Carthie>, daughter of <Florence Mc Carthie>
  <Juan Ny Morough Donovane>, daughter of <Morough Donovane>
  <Ellen Donovane>, daughter of <Daniell O'Donovane>
  <Joaane Donovane, alias Goggan>
  <Joane ny Teige>
  <Anne Ferrall>
  <Evelin ne Morishe>
  <Marie ny Dowda>
  <Honor nyn Donnell McSwiny>
  <Onore nyn Dermot O'Rian More Voy>

In four cases we have the father's entire name after <ny> or <nyn>,
and in three more we apparently have just the father's given name
after <ny> or <ne>.

In the late 16th and early 17th centurys, the element <Pha/idi/n> is
found in English records spelled <Phaddin> and <Faddine>. 
Additionally, the form <Pa/idi/n> occurs as <Paidin> and <Padine>. [6]
Based on this, in the late 16th century, <inghean Pha/idi/n> could
have been rendered in English by combining either <ne> or <ny> with
any of the following:

  Faddin
  Faddine
  Fadine
  Faidin
  Phaddin
  Phaddine
  Padine
  Phaidin

While we don't have any later-period anglicized forms of this name, we
believe that <Slany> is also a reasonable English spelling through the
end of the 16th century.

Based on this, <Slany Enynpadyn> is a plausible 14th C anglicized form,
and <Slany ny Faddin> (or any of the other spellings mentioned above)
is a plausible 16th C anglicized form.
  
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 you have further
questions.  Research and commentary on this letter was provided by
Maridonna Benvenuti, Mari neyn Brian, Talan Gwynek, and Bridget
Strangewayes.

For the Academy,
-Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 16 July 2007

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References:

[1] Academy of S. Gabriel Report #3119
http://www.s-gabriel.org/3119

[2] As is usual, in this letter we're using a / to repesent an acute
accent over the previous letter.

[3] Jones, Heather Rose (aka Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn),
"Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century Irish Names and Naming Practices"
(WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1999). 
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/lateirish/

[4] _Annala Rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by
the Four Masters from the Earliest period to the Year 1616_ edited
from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity
College, Dublin with a translation by John O'Donovan, VII Volumes
(Hodges, Smith, and Co: Dublin, 1854), vol. 6, p. 2446.

[5] Ewen, C. L'Estrange, _A History of Surnames of the British Isles_
(London: Kegan Paul, Trench, 1931; Detroit: Gale Research Company,
1968), p. 210

[6] Woulfe, Patrick, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and
Surnames_ (Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation), s.nn. mac
Pa/idi/n, mac Pha/idi/n.