by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2001 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.0, updated 20 December 2001
"[the] Lame"
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) nominative form: | Bacach |
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | Bacaigh |
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 12 |
| Found in Years: | 1377, 1397, 1403, 1404, 1424, 1419, 1435, 1440, 1445, 1461, 1464, 1470, 1478 |
The meaning "the Lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1377 (FM vol. 4, p. 668, footnote "j").
The meaning "the lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1419 (FM vol. 4, p. 841, footnote "y").
The meaning "the lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1440 (FM vol. 4, p. 922, footnote "b").
The meaning "the Lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1470 (FM vol. 4, p. 1066, footnote "m").
The meaning "the lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1536 (FM vol. 5, p. 1424, footnote "a").
Further information about the byname Bacach, may be found in:
The Sources page lists the Annals referenced below. Information on secondary sources are included on that page as well.
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 |
| E | indicates an Englishman |
| N | indicates a Norseman |
| 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
Published by Arval Benicoeur.
[Standardized form of this man's name] Annals Entry Citation (formatting preserved) [Cathal Bacach mac Cormaic na Formaili] (d. 1464) Co 1464.6 Cathal Bacach mac Cormaic na Formaili ["Cathal Baccach son of Cormac of Formael"] D M1464.9 Cathal Bacach mac Corbmaic na Formaoile [Diarmaid Bacach Mac Branáin] (d. 1377) FM vol. 4, p. 668, 1377 Diarmaid bacac. mac branáin taoiseac. corcachland D M1377.3 Diarmaid Bacach Mac Branáin taoiseach Corc'Achland [Domnall Bacach Ó hUiginn] (d. 1435) D M1435.18 O h-Uiccinn Domhnall Bacach [Donnchadh Bacach Ua Maolconaire] Co 1404.17 Dondchad Baccach h. Mailconaire ollam Sil Muredaig Muillethain re senchus [Donnchadh Bacach Ua Ruairc] (d. 1445) D M1435.14 Donnchadh m-Bacach Ua Ruairc FM vol. 4, p. 922, 1440 donnchaid. bacaig. uí Ruairc D M1445.12 Donnchadh Bacach Ua Ruairc [Eoghan Bacach Mac Suibne] D M1461.3 Eogan Bacach Mac Suibne [Muircheartach Bacach mac Domhnaill mhic Muirchertaigh Uí Chonchobhair] (d. 1403) Co 1464.47 Domnall mac Murcertaig Bacaig h. Conchobair tigerna Carpri Droma Cliab D M1397.8 Muircertach Bacach mac Domhnaill mic Muircertaigh Uí Concobhar D M1403.5 Muircertach Bacach mac Domnaill (tighearna Sligigh) D M1403.6 Muirchertach Bacach mac Domhnaill mic Muircheartaigh tighearna Iochtair Connacht [Muircheartach Bacach Ua Cobhthaigh] (d. 1478) D M1478.12 Ua Cobhthaigh Muirceartach Bacach [Muris Bacach Mac Horiberd] Co 1419.30 Mac Horiberd .i. Muris Baccach [Risdeard Bacach mac Uilleaigh] FM vol. 5, p. 1424, 1536 Risdeard bacac. mac uillicc [Ruaidhrí Bacach Ua Néill] Co 1470.4 Ruaidri Bacach h. Neill FM vol. 4, p. 1066, 1470 Ruaid.ri bacac. mac ui neill D M1470.4 Ruaidhri Bacach mac Ui Neill [Tomás Bacach] FM vol. 4, p. 840, 1419 Tomas bacac. mac iarla urmum.an D M1419.17 Tomas Bacach mac iarla Urmumhan