Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: na Madhmann
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2001 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.1, updated 01 October 2002
Descriptive Bynames: na Madhmann
Meaning:
"[of] the Defeats"
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:
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | na Madhmann |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 2 |
| Found in Years: | 1458, 1545, 1559, 1568 |
Research Notes:
The meaning "of the defeats" is given in regards to a man's name in:
- 1458 (FM vol. 4, p. 1000, footnote "x")
- 1545 (FM vol. 5, p. 1493, footnote "a")
- 1559 (FM vol. 5, pp. 1572-1573, footnote "z")
Sources:
Further information about the byname na Madhmann, may be found in:
- FM (vol. 4, p. 1000, footnote "x")
- FM (vol. 5, p. 1493, footnote "a")
- FM (vol. 5, pp. 1572-1573, footnote "z")
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) |
| |
| [Domhnall na Madhmann mhic Suibhne] |
| FM | vol. 5, p. 1492, year 1545 | Eoin mac an giolla duib. mic concob.air mic donnchaid., mic dom.naill na mad.mann mic suib.ne |
| FM | vol. 5, p. 1572, year 1559 | triur mac murchaid, mic donnchaid. mic dom.naill na mad.mann meic suib.ne .i. conc.ob.ar (consapal tuad.mum.an) |
| E | M1568.5 | Emann mac An Ghiolla Dhuibh, mic Concobhair, mic Donnchaidh mic Domhnaill na Madhmann Mec Suibhne |
| |
| [Murchadh na Madhmann Ó Chonchobhair Faighe] |
| D | M1458.3 | O Conchobhair Failghe, an Calbhach Mór mac Murchaidh na Madhmann tighearna Ua b-Failghe |
| FM | vol. 4, p. 1000, year 1458 | O conc.ob.air failg.e, an calb.ac. mór mac murchaid. na mad.mann tig.earna ua bfailg.e |
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