[ANSTHRLD] Looking for Cliodhna ni Bhriain

[kobrien at texas.net]

> >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