by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2002 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.2, updated 01 November 2002
"[of] the Wood"
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 Coilleadh |
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 5 |
| Found in Years: | 1270, 1403, 1421, 1434, 1485, 1492 |
[Answering a question about the spelling na Cailled, specifically "is this the same as na Coilled "[of] the woods"?":]
Yes, but ai is the older spelling. Oh, and it's genitive singular, so it's "of the wood". [email from Talan Gwynek - 15 Jul 2001]
The meaning "of the Wood" is given in regards to a man's name in 1270 (FM vol. 3, p. 412, footnote "m").
The meaning "of the wood" is given in regards to a man's name in
Further information about the byname na Coilleadh, 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) [Brian na Coilleadh mac Eoghain uí Néill] FM vol. 4, p. 1134, 1485 brian na coillead. mac eog.ain uí neill FM vol. 4, p. 1192, 1492 henri mac briain na coillead. mic eog.ain uí neill [Cormac na Coilleadh mac Mhic Carthaig Cairprig] Co 1421.17 Cormac na Cailled mac Meg Carthaig Cairprig FM vol. 4, p. 850, 1421 Cormac na coille mac még cartaig. (cairbrig.) mac tig.erna ro ba ferr do m.uim.neachaib. [Cu Muige na Coilleadh] Co 1403.2 Magnus mac Con Muigi na Cailled ri Cianachta ["Magnus son of Cu Muige na Cailled (of the Woods) [O Cathain], king of Keenaght"] [Donnchad na Coilleadh] FM vol. 4, p. 894, 1433 donnchad. na coillead., ua ndom.naill Co 1434.6 mac a athur fein .i. Donnchad na Coilled ["son of his own father, Donnchad of the Woods" son of his own father = Ecnechan O Domnaill, eligible prince of Tir Conaill] D M1438.4 Dondchadh na Coilleadh O Domhnaill FM vol. 4, p. 910, 1438 Dondchad. na coillead. o dom.naill [Riocard na Coilleadh] FM vol. 3, pp. 410, 412, 1270 Riocard na coillead.