Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Bacach
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2008 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.2, updated 07 June 2008
Descriptive Bynames: Bacach
Meaning:
"[the] Lame"
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:
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form: | Bacach |
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | Bacaigh |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 13 |
| Found in Years: | 1377, 1397,
1403, 1404, 1424, 1419, 1435, 1440, 1445, 1461, 1464, 1470, 1478,
1536, 1585, 1590 |
Research Notes:
The meaning "the Lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1377 (FM vol. 4, p. 668, footnote "j").
The meaning "the lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1419 (FM vol. 4, p. 841, footnote "y").
The meaning "the lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1440 (FM vol. 4, p. 922, footnote "b").
The meaning "the Lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1470 (FM vol. 4, p. 1066, footnote "m").
The meaning "the lame" is given in regards to a man's name in 1536 (FM vol. 5, p. 1424, footnote "a").
Sources:
Further information about the byname Bacach, may be found in:
- FM (vol. 4, p. 668, footnote "j")
- FM (vol. 4, p. 841, footnote "y")
- FM (vol. 4, p. 922, footnote "b")
- FM (vol. 4, p. 1066, footnote "m")
- FM (vol. 5, p. 1424, footnote "a")
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.
| [Standardized form of this man's name] |
| Annals | Entry | Context | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
| [Diarmaid Bacach Mac Branáin] (d. 1377) |
| FM | vol. 4, p. 668, 1377 | | Diarmaid bacac. mac branáin taoiseac. corcachland |
| D | M1377.3 | | Diarmaid Bacach Mac Branáin taoiseach Corc'Achland |
| |
| [Donnchadh Bacach Ua Maolconaire] |
| Co | 1404.17 | | Dondchad Baccach h. Mailconaire ollam Sil Muredaig Muillethain re senchus |
| |
| [Domnall Bacach Ó hUiginn] (d. 1435) |
| D | M1435.18 | | O h-Uiccinn Domhnall Bacach |
| |
| [Donnchadh Bacach Ua Ruairc] (d. 1445) |
| D | M1435.14 | | Donnchadh m-Bacach Ua Ruairc |
| FM | vol. 4, p. 922, 1440 | | donnchaid. bacaig. uí Ruairc |
| D | M1445.12 | | Donnchadh Bacach Ua Ruairc |
| |
| [Cathal Bacach mac Cormaic na Formaili] (d. 1464) |
| Co | 1464.6 | | Cathal Bacach mac Cormaic na Formaili ["Cathal Baccach son of Cormac of Formael"] |
| D | M1464.9 | | Cathal Bacach mac Corbmaic na Formaoile |
| |
| [Muircheartach Bacach mac Domhnaill mhic Muirchertaigh Uí Chonchobhair] (d. 1403) |
| Co | 1464.47 | | Domnall mac Murcertaig Bacaig h. Conchobair tigerna Carpri Droma Cliab |
| D | M1397.8 | | Muircertach Bacach mac Domhnaill mic Muircertaigh Uí Concobhar |
| D | M1403.5 | | Muircertach Bacach mac Domnaill (tighearna Sligigh) |
| D | M1403.6 | | Muirchertach Bacach mac Domhnaill mic Muircheartaigh tighearna Iochtair Connacht |
| |
| [Tomás Bacach] |
| FM | vol. 4, p. 840, 1419 | | Tomas bacac. mac iarla urmum.an |
| D | M1419.17 | | Tomas Bacach mac iarla Urmumhan |
| |
| [Muris Bacach Mac Horiberd] |
| Co | 1419.30 | | Mac Horiberd .i. Muris Baccach |
| |
| [Eoghan Bacach Mac Suibne] |
| D | M1461.3 | | Eogan Bacach Mac Suibne |
| |
| [Ruaidhrí Bacach Ua Néill] |
| Co | 1470.4 | | Ruaidri Bacach h. Neill |
| FM | vol. 4, p. 1066, 1470 | | Ruaid.ri bacac. mac ui neill |
| D | M1470.4 | | Ruaidhri Bacach mac Ui Neill |
| |
| [Muircheartach Bacach Ua Cobhthaigh] (d. 1478) |
| D | M1478.12 | | Ua Cobhthaigh Muirceartach Bacach |
| |
| [Risdeard Bacach mac Uilleaigh] |
| FM | vol. 5, p. 1424, 1536 | | Risdeard bacac. mac uillicc |
| |
| [Conn Bacach mac Cuinn mhic Éinri mhic Eoghain] |
| E | M1585.8 | | Aodh mac An Fhir Dhorcha, mic Cuinn Bhacaigh, mic Cuinn, mic Enri mic Eoghain .i. an barún ócc O Neill ["Hugh, the son of Ferdoragh, son of Con Bacagh, son of Con, son of Henry, son of Owen, i.e. the young Baron O'Neill"] |
| F | M1590.5 | | Mac Uí Neill .i. Aodh Geimhleach, mac Seain Dhonnghailigh mic Cuinn Bhacaigh mic Cuinn, mic Enri, mic Eoghain |
| FM | vol. 6, p. 1886, 1590 | | Mac uí neill .i. Aod. geim.leac., mac Seain d.onng.ailig. mic cuinn b.acaig. mic cuinn, mic enri, mic eog.ain |
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