Re: *WH* Period Irish Names

[Marybeth Lavrakas <lavrakas@email.unc.edu>]

Poster: Marybeth Lavrakas <lavrakas@email.unc.edu>



On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Christoph Hintze wrote:

> 
> Poster: Christoph Hintze <chhintze@bmd.clis.com>
> 
> To all the Good Gentles of the List
> 
> I am looking for period references to actual Irish and English mixed names,
> especially English first names mixed with Irish last names.  We need this
> for the documentation of a good gentle's name submission.
> 
> In advance many thanks
> 
> 
> In Service,
> Lord Christopher Storme of Kintail
> Rapier Marshal for Cathanar, Atlantia
> Scholar of the Atlantian Acadimie d'Espee
> 
> 
What exactly do you mean by "Irish" last names?  If you mean Gaelic names
in period Gaelic spelling, then the English first name would not have a
standard "English" spelling, but a Gaelicized one.  If, however, you are
willing to accept a period Anglicized spelling of an Anglo-Norman or
Gaelic Irish last name, then getting a documentable first name is no
problem.  And if the Heralds sqauk I can throw all seven volumes of the
Annals of the Four Masters at them! ;-)

Which, by the way, I own, and it's a great starting place for Irish names
of all varieties, with the Irish and English versions of the text on
facing pages.  May be that someone else has a handier reference.

And if you need to know the difference between Anglo-Norman and 'mere'
Irish names, send me an email.

Kathryn Rous
Kappellenberg

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