[Namron] Re: Scathach

[Foster, Shadow (HSC)]

So where do I go to pull together documentation to support this name for a Irish female living between 1400-1450?  I have plenty of information on the legend of Scathach, but nothing on using it as a name in the SCA.  I have found a reference to it once in LoRs in the late 80's but it was rejected because they needed proof that a human used this name.
Shadow

-----Original Message-----
Oh it happened, but was extremely rare and apparently there is no known 
example before 1200 AD.
One I found was Bonner, which was Matronymic, but also was very late 
period and had Scottish influence. In fact, I even found a letter of 
SCA heraldic commentary wherein someone tried "daughter of 
Fhionnaghula" and it bounced.
Google Irish Matronymics and you should see plenty of stuff.

Finnacan Dub (pronounced Finnegan Duff)

On Thursday, May 19, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Foster, Shadow ((HSC)) wrote:

> I remember reading somewhere that there were circumstances where the 
> mother's line, rather than the father's was used.  Somewhere in the 
> site does research that is more stringent than the SCA.  Does this 
> ring a bell for anyone else?
> Shadow
>
> -----Original Message-----
> You would reference the father's name, not the mothers.
>   Ireland had more rights for women under Brehon law when compared to
> most any other country in that timeframe, but the patriach was still
> remembered in the name. If the father was Fionn, you, being a lady,
> would be Ua Fionn (O' Finn).
> Otherwise, give yourself a qualifier that is self-descriptive.
>
> ~Finnacan Dub (pronounced Finnegan Duff)
>
> On Thursday, May 19, 2005, at 09:16 AM, Foster, Shadow ((HSC)) wrote:
>
>> So how would Scathach, daughter of Fionnaghula, be used as a name?
>> Shadow
>
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