Index of Names in Irish Annals: Lann

by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

Feminine Given Names: Lann

Spellings:

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:

Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) form:	Lann
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) form:	Lann

Frequency & Dates:

Number of women found in the annals with this name: 3

Found in Years: 854, 858, 866, 897, 940, 1047

Research Notes:

Sources:

Further information about the name Lann, may be found in:

The Sources page lists the Annals referenced below. Information about secondary sources is included on that page as well.

Raw Data

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.

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 , e, in the entries below) sometimes represents e and sometimes ea depending upon the context of the text.

Annals Entry Context Citation (formatting preserved)

(d. ?)

FA FA 246 [year 854] dearbhshiur Chearbhaill og Maoil Seachloinn, .i. Land, ingean Dunlaing ["Cerball's sister, Land, daughter of Dúnlang, was wife of Máel Sechlainn"]

FA FA 260 [year 858] Land ingean Dunlaing, derbhsiúr Chearbaill, bean Maoil Seachlainn ["Land, daughter of Dúnlang, sister of Cerball, was the wife of Máel Sechlainn"]

FA FA 327 [year 866] Land ingean Dunlaing: & as i-sidhe ba bean do Maoil Seachloinn reimhe, mathair mc. Maoil Seachlainn, .i. Flainn. Ba h-í mathair Cennedigh mc. Gaithine í, .i. ri Laoighsi ["Land, daughter of Dúnlang: and she was the one who was Máel Sechlainn's wife previously, and the mother of Máel Sechlainn's son, i.e. Flann. She was the mother of Cennétig son of Gáethíne, king of Loíches." Earlier in the entry, it indicates her husband at this time was Aodh mc. Néill, rígh Eireann]

FA FA 338 [year ?866] Úair tainig Cinnetigh mc. Gaithin, rí Laoighsi. Mac esidhe do Land ingin Dunlainge, isidhe dno mathair Flainn mc. Maoil Seachlainn, & as í ba bean an tan sa d'Áodh mc. Néill, righ Teamhrach. ["For Cennétig son of Gáethíne, king of Loíches, came. (He was a son of Land, daughter of Dúnlang, who was also the mother of Flann son of Máel Sechlainn, and she was then the wife of Áed son of Niall, king of Temair.)"] [Note: in this entry, the name Land is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]

(d. ?)

Cl year 897 (p. 144) Lann, daughter of Dongalie, was then king of Osseryes mothers name [Note: 17th C translation.]

(d. 940)

CS CS940 R Lann ingen Donnchadha rigan rí Ailigh

(d. 1047)

U U1047.4 R Lann ingen m. Selbachan, comarba Brigte

B M1047.6 R Land, inghen mic Sealbhacháin, comharba Brighde

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Number of women found in the annals with this name:	3
Found in Years:	854, 858, 866, 897, 940, 1047

Annals	Entry	Context	Citation (formatting preserved)

(d. ?)
FA	FA 246 [year 854]		dearbhshiur Chearbhaill og Maoil Seachloinn, .i. Land, ingean Dunlaing ["Cerball's sister, Land, daughter of Dúnlang, was wife of Máel Sechlainn"]
FA	FA 260 [year 858]		Land ingean Dunlaing, derbhsiúr Chearbaill, bean Maoil Seachlainn ["Land, daughter of Dúnlang, sister of Cerball, was the wife of Máel Sechlainn"]
FA	FA 327 [year 866]		Land ingean Dunlaing: & as i-sidhe ba bean do Maoil Seachloinn reimhe, mathair mc. Maoil Seachlainn, .i. Flainn. Ba h-í mathair Cennedigh mc. Gaithine í, .i. ri Laoighsi ["Land, daughter of Dúnlang: and she was the one who was Máel Sechlainn's wife previously, and the mother of Máel Sechlainn's son, i.e. Flann. She was the mother of Cennétig son of Gáethíne, king of Loíches." Earlier in the entry, it indicates her husband at this time was Aodh mc. Néill, rígh Eireann]
FA	FA 338 [year ?866]		Úair tainig Cinnetigh mc. Gaithin, rí Laoighsi. Mac esidhe do Land ingin Dunlainge, isidhe dno mathair Flainn mc. Maoil Seachlainn, & as í ba bean an tan sa d'Áodh mc. Néill, righ Teamhrach. ["For Cennétig son of Gáethíne, king of Loíches, came. (He was a son of Land, daughter of Dúnlang, who was also the mother of Flann son of Máel Sechlainn, and she was then the wife of Áed son of Niall, king of Temair.)"] [Note: in this entry, the name Land is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]

(d. ?)
Cl	year 897 (p. 144)		Lann, daughter of Dongalie, was then king of Osseryes mothers name [Note: 17th C translation.]

(d. 940)
CS	CS940	R	Lann ingen Donnchadha rigan rí Ailigh

(d. 1047)
U	U1047.4	R	Lann ingen m. Selbachan, comarba Brigte
B	M1047.6	R	Land, inghen mic Sealbhacháin, comharba Brighde