Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Balbh
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2010 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.2, updated 20 February 2010
Descriptive Bynames: Balbh
Meaning:
"[the] Stammerer"
Spellings:
What we know as a set of Irish Annals are manuscripts that were each compiled during a
particular time period, usually using older material as sources. For example, when
the Annals of the Four Masters were written from 1632 to 1636, they covered events
that occurred centuries and millenia before (including legendary history). So, when
an entry in this set of annals refers to a person who lived in the year 738, the
spelling used for that person's name is very likely not using the spelling that
would have been used in 738.
Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) nominative form: | Balb |
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form: | Bailb |
|
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form: | Balbh |
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | Bailbh |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 11 |
| Found in Years: | 737, 742, 1439, 1449, 1451, 1461,
1509, 1515, 1516, 1518, 1527, 1536, 1541, 1543, 1546, 1561, 1576 |
Research Notes:
Woulfe (p. 226 s.n. Balb.) gives the meaning of this byname as "the stammerer".
FM (p. 1302, vol. 5, footnote "o"), in an entry for the year 1509, says of this byname that it means
"the Stammering".
FM (p. 1333, vol. 5, footnote "g"), in an entry for the year 1461, says of this byname that it means
"the stammering".
FM (p. 1481, vol. 5, footnote "r"), in an entry for the year 1546, says of this byname that it means
"the Stammerer".
Sources:
Further information about the byname Balbh, may be found in:
- Woulfe (p. 226 s.n. Balb.)
- FM (p. 1302, vol. 5, footnote "o")
- FM (p. 1333, vol. 5, footnote "g")
- FM (p. 1481, vol. 5, footnote "r")
The Sources page lists the Annals referenced below.
Information about secondary sources is included on that page as well.
Raw Data
In the table below, I have separated individuals with a blank line. That is, when there are multiple
entries in the annals that refer to a single person, those entries are grouped together.
Within the list of entries refering to a single person, I have sorted the entries
primarily by orthography when it is obvious that what I am seeing is the same entry
showing up in multiple annals. The entries that tend to use older spellings are listed first.
NOTE: The Annals referenced below under the code letters A, B, C, E, & F tend to use
later spellings than the other Annals. In some cases, the spellings listed in these Annals
may not be appropriate for the year referenced in the Annal entry.
In some Gaelic scripts, there is a character that looks approximately like a lowercase f,
but without the crossbar. This character (represented by an underscored , e, in
the entries below) sometimes represents e and sometimes ea depending upon the
context of the text.
| [Standardized form of this man's name] |
| Annals | Entry | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
| (d. 737-742) |
| U | U742.6 | Aedho Bailb, .i. mc. Indrechtaigh mc. Muiredaigh regis Conacht |
| T | T742.9 | Aeda Bailb, maic Indreachtaigh, ríg Connacht |
| A | M737.10 | Aodh Balbh mac Indreachtaidh rí Connacht |
| |
| [Seán Balbh mac Conchobhair Uí Dochartaigh] (d. 1439) |
| D | M1439.10 | O Dochartaigh taoííseach Arda Miodhair .i. Sean Balbh mac Concobhair |
| |
| (d. 1451) |
| U3 | U1451.6 | Brian Balbh, mac Osgair |
| U3 | U1449.6 | Emonn, mac Briain Bailbh, mic Osgair |
| |
| [Diarmaid Balbh mac Seoain mhic Echmarcaigh] (d. 1461) |
| Co | 1461.20 | Diarmait Balb mac Seoan meic Echmarcaig |
| |
| [Art Balbh mac Meg Mathgamhna] |
| E | M1515.11 | Art Balbh mac Még Mathghamhna |
| FM | vol. 5, p. 1332, year 1515 | art balb. mac még mat.gam.na |
| |
| [Éinri Balbh Ó Neill] (d. ?) |
| Co | 1516.2 | | Enri mBalp h. Nell |
| |
| [Aodh Balbh mac Cuinn mhic Éinri mhic Eogain Uí Néill] (d. 1518) |
| U3 | U1518.7 | Mac Uí Neill, .i. Aodh Balbh, mac Cuinn Uí Néill |
| Co | 1518.2 | Aodh Balp mac Cuinn meic Enri meic Eogain I Nell |
| LC2 | LC1518.1 | Oedh Balbh, mac Cuinn mic Enrí mic Eogain h-I Neill |
| FM | vol. 5, p. 1302, year 1509 | Mac aod.a bailb. uí neill |
| |
| (d. 1527) |
| U3 | U1527.21 | Art Balbh, mac Seaain, mic Airt Uí Neill |
| |
| (d. ?) |
| U3 | U1536.5 | Pilib Balbh, mac Cathail, mic Eogain Mheg Uidhir |
| |
| [Tuathal Balbh Ua Gallchubhair] (d. 1541) |
| FM | vol. 5, p. 1480, year 1543 | cat.aoir mac tuat.ail bailb. |
| LC2 | LC1541.2 | Tuathal Balb mac Seáin mic Ruaidhri I Gallcobhair |
| E | M1541.5 | Tuathal Balbh mac Seain mic Ruaidhri Uí Ghallchubhair |
| E | M1543.6 | Cathaoír mhac Tuathail Bailbh Uí Gallchubhair |
| E | M1543.8 | Cathaoir mac Tuathail Bailbh la h-Ua n-Dochartaigh |
| E | M1546.1 | Onora ingen Tuathail Bailbh Uí Gallchubhair |
| E | M1576.6 | Toirrdhealbach mac Tuathail Bailbh Uí Gallcubhair |
| |
| (d. 1561) |
| LC2 | LC1561.11 | Maoil Sechluinn Balbh mac Uilliam h-I Cheallaigh, .i. mac inghine h-I Bhríain |
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