ANSTHRLD - Coravinda

[Doug Bell]

Coravinda isn't in either of Tangwystyl's articles on Pictish or early 
Briton names.  I don't see it in any of my Gaelic books either.  
It isn't in the SCA registered names database.  Altavista didn't 
even turn up such an item in a search.  Please include a specific 
web page reference as our telepathic abilities are limited.

Reading Tangwystyl's article makes me think there is no wierdness 
combining Pictish and Gaelic because of the strong Gaelic influence on
names.

The precursor to MacKenzie is mac Coinnigh from MacLysaght, The 
Surnames of Ireland. Irish Academic Press: Dublin, 1980 page 184 
under Kinney and Black, The Surnames of Scotland. The New York 
Public Library: New York, 1946, page 525 under MacKenzie.  
Black further gives the early Irish as Cainnigh.  O Corrain & Maguire, 
Irish Names. The Lilliput Press: Dublin, 1990 page 43 under Cainnech 
date the name from 929 and gives 4 saints of that name. Book of Saints 
by Benedictine monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate, 6th ed., A. & C. 
Black Ltd. London, 1989, page 109 under Canice lists Cainnech lived
525-599.

The earliest form I could find was ingen Chainnigh or possibly ingen
Chainnech.
It looks like the name has been in use for our entire period especially
around Kilkenny.

Magnus
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