Index of Names in Irish Annals: Oissíne, Oisséne / Oisín

© 2000-2008 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.2, updated 23 June 2008

Masculine Given Names: Oissíne, Oisséne / Oisín

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:	Oissíne, Oisséne
Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form:
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form:	Oissíne, Oisséne
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form:
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:	Oisín
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form:

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name:	9
Found in Years:	651, 652, 654, 685, 686, 687, 688, 699, 704, 706, 779, 997, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1217

Research Notes:

Sources:

Further information about the name Oissíne, Oisséne / Oisín may be found in:

• OCM (p. 149 s.n. Oissíne, Oisséne).

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.

[Standardized form of this man's name]
Annals	Entry	Context	Citation (formatting preserved)
(d. 651)
U	U651.2		Oisseni m. Oisirgg [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
T	T651.3		Oissin maic Oiseirg [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
CS	CS651		Oisine meic Oisirg [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
(d. 652-654)
U	U654.2	R	Colman episcopus, moccu Delduibh & Ossene Fota, duo abbates Cluano Irairdd
CS	CS654	R	Colman episcopus macui Telluibh & Oisine Foda duo abbates Cluana Iraird
A	M652.3	R	S. Oissene Fota, ab Cluana h-Ioraird
(d. 685-687)
U	U687.4	R	Osseni episcopi Monosterii Finntin filii Finnguine [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
T	T687.4	R	Osení espuic monasterii Finntan, .i. Mundu, maic Tulchaín [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
CS	CS686	R	Ossene episcopi monasterii Fintani {.i. Munnu} meic Tulcani [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
A	M685.4	R	Osseni epscop Mainistreach Fiontain, mac Finnguine
(d. ?)
U	U688.4		h-Uarcride nepos Osseni
T	T688.4		Uairchridhe h-ua Ossíne, rí Conaille
CS	CS688		Huarcridhe h. Ossene rí Conaille
A	M686.2		h-Uaircridhe h-ua Osene, toisech Conaille Muirthemhne
(d. ?)
U	U699.2		Fiannamla m. Osseni [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
(d. 704-706)
U	U706.1	R	Ossene filius Galluist abbas Cluana Moccu Nois
T	T706.1	R	Da Chonda Daire & Osseni---.i. Fremand, dí Callraighe Tebtha dó---filius Galluist, ab Cluana Maic Nóis
CS	CS706	R	Ossene filius Galluist {Fremuinn: do Calraighe Teptha dho} abbas
A	M704.4	R	Oissene Fremhann, mac Galluist, abb Cluana Mic Nóis
(d. ?)
U	U779.2		Conall h-ua Osseni abbas Letubai
(d. 997)
B	M997.6		Oissine ua Machainén, tigherna Mughdorn
U	U1019.1		Alene mc. Osene rí Mughdorn
LC	LC1019.1		Ailén mac Oisséin, rí Mughorn
B	M1018.16		Ailéni mac Oissene, tigherna Mughdorn
U	U1020.3		Gilla Ciaran m. Osene, ri Mughdorn
LC	LC1020.5		Gilla Cíarain mac Oiseine, rí Mughdhorna
U	U1020.3		Mael Muaidh m. Osene, ri Mughdorn
(d. 1018-1019)
U	U1019.1		Ossene H. Cadasaigh ri na Saitne
LC	LC1019.1		Oissein .H. Cathusaigh tigerna Saithne
B	M1018.16		Oissene ua Cathassaigh, tigherna Saithne
(d. 1217)
LC	LC1217.1	R	Oissin, ap cananach Mainisdrech Derc

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