ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 935 http://www.s-gabriel.org/935 *********************************** ************************************************* * * * NOTE: Some of the Academy's early reports * * contain errors that we haven't yet * * corrected. Please use it with caution. * * * ************************************************* From: "S Friedemann" 26 Apr 1998 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for period spellings of the Irish surname between 1200 and 1450. Here is what we have found. The most authentic form for your period is (where the slash represents and accent over the ), pronounced \oh BREE-ahn\. If you would like some assistance in choosing a given name to go with this surname, please let us know and we will be glad to help. There is an article in the Academy Library that you might wish to read: "Choosing an Irish Name" http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/irishnam.html We also have a list of all the given names used by the O'Brien family in the Annals, chronicles of Irish history recorded in your period. If you'd be interested in looking at this, please write again, and we will send it to you. We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you will not hesitate to write again if you have further questions or if any part was unclear. AElfwyn aet Gyrwum, Arval Benicoeur, Charles O'Connor, and Talan Gwynek provided research and commentary on this letter. For the Academy, Aryanhwy merch Catmael ------------------------------------------------------ References: [1] MacLysaght, Edward, _The Surnames of Ireland_ (Dublin: Irish Academic Press Ltd., 1985, ISBN 0-7165-2366-3). [2] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990).