[ANSTHRLD] Looking for Cliodhna ni Bhriain

[Alden Drake]

kobrien at texas.net wrote:
>>> I received an email from a woman in the Midrealm's Barony of Brendoken,
>>> who is looking for contact information for Cliodhna ni Bhriain, in
>>> regards to name submission assistance.
>>>       
>> Cliodhna stopped playing many years ago.
>>     
>
>
> If the submitter is looking for information on <ni Bhriain>, I can discuss 
> that.
>
> If the submitter is looking for info on the element <Cliodhna>, it's in O/ 
> Corra/in & Maguire (p. 53 s.n. Cli/dna: Cli/odhna).
>
> The header format indicates that the spelling <Cli/odhna> is either an Early 
> Modern Irish (c1200-c1700) form or a Modern Irish (c1700-present) form.  I 
> can't tell which.  My bet is that it's okay for Early Modern, but no promises.
>
> However, the entry lists only legendary bearers of the name.  So, unless 
> evidence can be found that the name was used outside of legend, it likely 
> isn't registerable today.  Here's a relevent precedent:
>
> No documentation was provided, and none could be found, that the feminine 
> given name Fionnabhair was used outside of legend. Lacking evidence that it 
> was used by humans in period, it is not registerable. [Fionnabhair inghean 
> Thighearnaigh, 06/2003 LoAR, R-Caid]
>
> If the question is how the name got passed for <Cliodhna ni Bhriain>, the 
> answer is simple: it was 1984.  The registration standards were Very 
> Different back then.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Mari
>
>
>   

Thanks, Mari!  I forwarded your reply to the woman who contacted me with 
your email address so she can contact you directly.

Alden