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Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!
You asked us about the name <Lochlinn GlenNodha> as an Irish name before 1300.
The first name is originally a Scottish Gaelic name, properly spelled <Lochlann>. In early Irish records, this name appears as <Lochluinn>, and <Lachluinn> [1,2], but most commonly as <Lochlainn>. The name was used in the north of Ireland in the early Middle Ages [3].
<Gleann Nodha> is the modern Scots Gaelic of the English place-name <Glen
Noe> [4]; as such, it would be unlikely as part of a name. Personal name
elements taken from the names of places are exceedingly rare in Gaelic,
with the exception of a few that appear in the names of early scribes or
churchmen. This makes it difficult to construct a name from this, but a
plausible form might be <Lochlainn Glenna Núa> [2,5].
Again, name elements taken from the names of places were not normally used in Gaelic. Nearly all names are constructed using a patronymic, a last name which comes from the name of the person's father, eg. <Lochlainn mac Coinn> "Lochlainn son of Conn".
For more about the proper construction of Irish names, there are three articles available from the following site: http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/celtic.html
We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you. Arval Benicouer and Talan Gwynek researched this letter.
In service,
--Walraven van Nijmegen
Academy of S. Gabriel
[1] Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and
History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986).
[2] Royal Irish Academy, _Dictionary of the Irish Language: based mainly on
Old and Middle Irish materials_ (Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, 1983).
[3] Donnchadh O/ Corráin and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin : The
Lilliput Press, 1990).
[4] Edward Dwelly, _Faclair gaidhlig: A Gaelic Dictionary_ (Herne Bay
[Eng.] E. Macdonald & co., 1902-[11]).
[5] William J. Watson, _The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland_
(London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1926).