Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Odhar

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

© 2000-2007 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.3, updated 26 March 2007

Descriptive Bynames: Odhar

Meaning:

"[the] Pale/Wan"

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:

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name: 4
Found in Years: 724, 1193, 1558, 1559, 1577, 1579, 1581

Research Notes:

The meaning "the Wan or Pale" is given in regards to a man's name in 1581 (FM vol. 5, p. 1754, footnote "r").

Sources:

Further information about the byname Odhar, 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.

[Standardized form of this man's name]
AnnalsEntryContextCitation (formatting preserved)
 
[Cathal Odhar mac Mhic Carthaigh] (d. 1193)
CM1193.6Cathal Odhar mac Még Carthaigh
LCLC1193.6Cathal Odhar mac meic Carrthaigh
MCB1MCB1193.2Cathal Oghar mac Ceallachain mic Mec Carthaig
 
[Cochall Odhar] (d. 724)
AM724.4Cochall Odhar, scribhnidh Bennchuir
 
[Eoin Odhar mac Néill] (d. 1579)
LC2LC1577.7Eoin Odhar mhaig Néill
LC2LC1577.10h-Eoin Odhar mhaig Neill
LC2LC1579.5Eoin Odhar mhaig Neill
 
[Uilliam Odhar mac Firganaimn mhic Maoilruanaidh mhic Seainn Ó Chearbhaill] (d. 1581)
EM1558.6Uilliam Odhar (.i. Ó Cerbhaill) mac Fir Gan Ainm mic Maol Ruanaidh mic Seain Uí Cherbhaill
EM1559.4h-Ua c-Cerbhaill Uillim Odhar mac Fir Gan Ainm mic Maol Ruanaidh, mic Seain
LC2LC1581.14O Cerbaill, .i. Uilliam Odhar mac Fhir gan Ainm mic Maol Ruanaidh mic Seain I Cerbhuill
EM1581.6O Cerbhaill .i. Ulliam Odhar mac Fir Gan Ainm mic Maol Ruanaidh, mic Seain
FMvol. 5, p. 1754, 1581O cerb.aill .i. uilliam od.ar mac firganainm mic maolruanaid., mic Seain

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