Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 794

Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 794

This report is available at http://www.s-gabriel.org/794

Some of the Academy's early reports contain errors that we haven't yet corrected. Please use it with caution.

Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for advice on helping a client to choose an Irish name, and particularly on the name <Rhiannon>.

As Alan Fairfax explained to you in earlier correspondance, <Rhiannon> is not an appropriate name. It is Welsh, not Irish, and it has only been found in period as the name of a somewhat magical legendary figure. For full details, you can read the article on this name in the Problem Names archive

http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/problemnames/

The best general advice we can give on choosing a period Irish name in included in several articles available on the web.

Choosing an Irish Name, by Cateline de la Mor la souriete

A general introduction to the subject and the standard references. http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/irishnam.html

Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames, by Effric neyn Kenyeoch vc Ralte

http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/quick_gaelic_bynames.html

Early Irish Feminine Names From the Index To O'Brien's "Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae", by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn

http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~ximenez/s.gabriel/docs/irish-obrien.html

We don't have a guide to Gaelic pronunciation available, but if you have any specific questions, please feel free to write to us again.

I hope this letter has been useful. Please write us again if any part of it has been unclear or if you have other questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Alan Fairfax and Tangwystyl ferch Morgant Glasfryn.

For the Academy,

Arval Benicoeur