Index of Names in Irish Annals: Máel Bresail
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2010 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.3, updated 09 January 2010
Masculine Given Names: Máel Bresail
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:
| Oghamic Irish (pre-700) nominative form: | [unknown] |
| Oghamic Irish (pre-700) genitive form: | [unknown] |
|
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) nominative form: | Máel Bresail |
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form: | |
|
| Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form: | Máel Bresail |
| Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form: | |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 11 |
| Found in Years: | 622, 627, 641, 644, 664, 665, 666,
787, 792, 817, 819, 823, 825, 843, 849, 850, 851, 852, 896, 901 |
Research Notes:
Sources:
Further information about the name Máel Bresail, may be found in:
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.
Special factors which may affect name usage are marked in the context column.
| AN | indicates a member of an Anglo-Norman family |
| AS | indicates an Anglo-Saxon |
| N | indicates a Norseman |
| P | indicates a Pict |
| R | indicates a person holding a religious office |
| S | indicates a person from Scotland |
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.
| Annals | Entry | Context | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
| (d. ?) |
| CS | CS627 | | Conall mac Maelduib meic Maelbressaill |
| |
| (d. 622-627) |
| U | U627.2 | | Mael Bresail |
| T | T627.3 | | Mael Bresail |
| A | M622.4 | | Maol Bresail |
| A | M622.4 | | Maol Breisil |
| |
| (d. 644) |
| U | U644.1 | | .ii. nepotum Bogaine, .i. Mael Bresail & Mael Anfaith ["two grandsons of Bógaine, i.e. Mael Bresail and Mael Anfaith."] |
| CS | CS644 | | nepotum Boghuine, Máelbressail et Maelanfaidh Enaigh |
| T | T644.1 | | nepotum Boguine Mael Bresail & Mael Anfaidh |
| A | M641.2 | | Maol Bresail |
| |
| (d. 664-666) |
| U | U665.1 | | Blaimac & Mael Bresail filii Maele Duin ["Blamac and Mael Bresail, sons of Mael Dúin"] |
| T | T665.2 | | Mael Bresail mac Maile Duín |
| CS | CS665 | | Máelbresail mac Maeliduin |
| I | I666.3 | | Muíl Bressail [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.] |
| A | M664.3 | | Maol Bresail, mac Maeili Dúin |
| |
| (d. 787-792) |
| U | U792.4 | | Mael Bresail m. Aedho filii Crichain ri H. Fiachrach |
| A | M787.10 | | Mael Bresail, mac Aedha, mic Crichain, tigherna Ua Fiachrach |
| |
| (d. 817-819) |
| U | U819.3 | | Mael Bresail m. Murcadho, rex Geniris Conaill |
| A | M817.8 | | Maol Bresail, mac Murchadha, tighearna Ceneoil c-Conaill |
| |
| (d. 823-825) |
| U | U825.6 | R | Mael Bresail m. Ailello Cobo, rex Dal Araide ["Mael Bresail son of Ailill of Cuib, king of Dál Araidi"] |
| A | M823.19 | | Mael Bresail, mac Oilella Cobha, tighearna Dail Araidhe |
| |
| (d. ?) |
| A | M843.3 | | Fiachna, mac Maoil Bresail, abb Findabhrach Abhae |
| |
| (d. 847-849) |
| U | U849.10 | | Mael Bresail m. Cernaigh, rex Mughdorna |
| A | M847.18 | | Mael Bresail, mac Cernaigh, tigherna Mughdhorn |
| |
| (d. ?) |
| A | M851.10 | | Maol Caurarda, mac Maoil Breasail, tigherna Ua Mic Uais Airghiall |
| CS | CS852 | | Fogurtach mac Maoilbresail rí Airgiall |
| A | M850.14 | | Fogartach, mac Maoil Bresail, tigherna Oirghiall |
| |
| (d. 896-901) |
| CS | CS901 | | Maolbresail mac Maoil Doraidh ri Cineoil Conaill |
| A | M896.3 | | Maol Breasail, mac Maol Doraidh, tighearna Ceneoil c-Conaill |
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