Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Muimnech / Muimhneach

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Descriptive Bynames: Muimnech / Muimhneach

Meaning:

"Munster[-ian]/Munster[-ish]/Momonian".

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:	Muimnech
Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form:	Muimnig
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form:	Muimnech
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form:	Muimnig
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:	Muimhneach
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form:	Muimhnigh

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name:	8
Found in Years:	725, 1048, 1156, 1225, 1231, 1232, 1235, 1236, 1246, 1247, 1250, 1251, 1273, 1278, 1288, 1292, 1315, 1339, 1340, 1347, 1351, 1372, 1406

Research Notes:

Woulfe (p. 431 s.n. Muim.neac.) gives the meaning of this byname as "the Munsterman".

The definition "the Momonian, so called because he was fostered in Munster", is given in regards to a man's name in 1210 (FM (vol. 3, p. 166, footnote "b").

The definition "the Momonian. ... was called Muimhneach, or the Momonian, from his having been fostered in Munster", is given in regards to a man's name in 1276 (FM (vol. 3, p. 424-5, footnote "c").

The definition "the Momonian or Munsterson: O'Duigenan was certainly so called from his having been fostered in the province of Munster", is given in regards to a man's name in 1339 (FM (vol. 3, p. 565, footnote "p").

Sources:

Further information about the byname Muimnech / Muimhneach may be found in:

• Woulfe (p. 431 s.n. Muim.neac.)
• FM (vol. 3, p. 167, footnote "b")
• FM (vol. 3, p. 424-5, footnote "c")
• FM (vol. 3, p. 565, footnote "p")

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	Context	Citation (formatting preserved)
[Brian Muimnech] (d. 725)
U	U725.5		Brain Muimnigh [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
[Brian Muimnech] (d. 1048)
I	I1048.3	R	Clothna Muimnech , comarba Ailbi
B	M1048.3	R	Cloithnia, comharba Ailbhe
[Muircheartach Muimhneach mac Toirdhealbhaigh Móir uí Chonchobhar] (d. ?)
B	M1156.11		Trí mic Toirrdhealbhaigh Uí Concobhair, Brian Breifnech, Brian Luighnéch, & Muirchertach Muimhneach
FM	vol. 3, p. 166, 1210		Muircertach muimhnech mac toirrdealb.aig. moir
Co	1225.22		Tuathal mac Murcertaig Mumnig
U2	U1231.1		Fethfolighi (idon, ben Muircertaigh Muimhnidh mic Toirrdealbaigh Moir I Concubuir), ingen Concobuir Mic Diarmata
Co	1231.2		Feth fo lige ingen Conchobair Meic Diarmata ben Murcertaig Mumnig meic Toirdilbaig moir h. Conchobair [unrelated] mathair Magnusa meic Murchertaig Mumnig & Conchobair Ruaidh & Tuathail & Toirrdelbaig Sacairt .i. prioir reclesa Petoir & Poil ["Feth fo lige, daughter of Conchobar Mac Diarmata and wife of Muirchertach Muimnech son of Toirrdelbach Mor O Conchobair ... mother of Magnus mac Muirchertaig Muimnig and Conchobar Ruad and Tuathal and Toirrdelbach the priest, prior of the church of Peter and Paul"]
C	M1231.5		Fethfoilge inghen Chonchobhair Mic Diarmata ben Muirceartaigh Muimhnigh mic Toirrdhealbhaigh Mhóir
Co	1232.11		Donnchad mac Murchertaig Mumnig
Co	1236.5		Magnus mac Murcertaig Mumnig h. Conchobair
Co	1246.5		Maelsechlainn mac Conchobair Ruaid meic Muirchertaig Mumnig h. Conchobair
Co	1247.3		mac Conchobair Ruaid meic Murcertaig Mumnig
Co	1247.3		mac Magnusa meic Murcertaig Mumnig h. Conchobair
Co	1250.8		Toirrdelbach mac Murcertaig Mumnig h. Conchobair prioir reclesa Petair & Poil
Co	1251.4		Tadc mac Tuathail meic Murcertaig Mumnig h. Conchobair
Co	1273.8		Domnall Irruis mac Magnusa meic Murcertaig Mumnig ["Domnall of Erris, son of Magnus mac Muirchertaig Muimnig"]
Co	1280.2		clainn Murcertaig Mumnig
Co	1280.2		Cathal mac Conchobair Ruaid meic Murcertaig Mumnig meic Toirrdelbaig Moir h. Conchobair
Co	1288.4		Dondchad Riabach mac Magnusa meic Murcertaig Mumnig
Co	1292.4		Thuathal mac Murcertaig meic Muirchertaig Muimnig
Co	1315.10		Aed Ballach mac Magnusa meic Conchobair Ruaid meicc Murcertaig Mumnig
Co	1340.4		Conchobar mac Dondchada Riabaig meic Magnusa meic Murcertaig Mumnig
Co	1406.6		Ruaidri mac Cathail Ruaid meic Conchobair Ruaid meic Murcertaig Mumnig meic Toirrdelbaig Moir Ri
[Aodh Muimhneach] (d. 1233)
U2	U1233.1		Aedh Muimnech mac Ruaidhri
Co	1233.2		Aed Mumnech mac Ruaidri
Co	1233.2		d'Aed Mumnech
Co	1235.22		Conchobar mac Aeda Mumnig
Co	1236.5		Conchobar mac Aeda Mumnig
[Aodh Muimhneach mac Fedlimid] (reigned 1278-1280, d. 1280)
FM	vol. 3, p. 424, 1276		Aod. muim.neac. mac fed.limid. mic cat.ail croibdeirg
Co	1276.2		Aed Mumnech mac Fedlim meic Cathail Crobdeirg
Co	1278.9		Aed Mumnech mac Fedlimid
Co	1280.2		Aed Mumnech mac Fedlimid meic Cathail Crobdeirg ri Connacht
[Donnchadh Muimhneach Ua Ceallaigh] (d. 1307)
U2	U1303.8		Donnchadh Muimnech O Ceallaigh, ri O Maine
Co	1307.2		Donnchad Mumnech h. Cellaig ri h. Mane
Co	1307.6		Dondchad Mumnech h. Cellaig
U2	U1337.1		Uilliam mac Donnchadha Muimnígh Ui Cheallaigh
Co	1340.2		Uilliam mac Dondchada Mumnig h. Cellaig
Co	1351.5		d'Uilliam mac Dondchada Mumnig h. Cellaig
[Feargal Muimhneach Ua Dubgendan] (d. 1357)
Co	1339.9		Fergal Muimnech h. Duibgennan
FM	vol. 4, p. 564, 1339		ferg.al muim.neac. ua nduib.gennáin
Co	1347.10		Findguala ingen Eogain Meic Fingin uxur Feargail Mumnig h. Duibgendan airchideochain Chilli Ronan
Co	1357.6		Fergal Mumnech h. Dubgennan ollam Conmaicne & Clainni Mailruanaid
[Muircheartach Muimhneach mac Muircheartaigh Móir Mhég Eochagáin] (d. 1372)
Co	1372.4		Murcertach Mumnech mac Murcertaig Moir Meg Eochacan taisech Ceneoil Fiachach meic Neill
C	M1372.3		Muircertach Muimneach mac Muirceartoigh Moir Mécc Eochaccáin, taoiseach Cenéil Fhiachach

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