Index of Names in Irish Annals: Anglo-Norman Surnames: Bairéid

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

© 2000-2015 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.0, updated 21 May 2015


Anglo-Norman Surnames: Bairéid

Background:

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: 10
Found in Years: 1278, 1281, 1283, 1316, 1365, 1384, 1404, 1412, 1435, 1438, 1440

Research Notes:

"The Barretts settled in the 13th century in Tirawley, where they became numerous and powerful. In later times they formed a clan after the Irish fashion, the head of which was known as Mac B.aitín Bairéd; and there were sub-clans known as Clann Tóimín and Clann Aindriú." Woulfe (p. 226 s.n. Bairéid)

Sources:

Further information about the byname Bairéid, 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.

Special factors which may affect name usage are marked in the context column.

ANindicates a member of an Anglo-Norman family
Nindicates a Norseman
Rindicates a person holding a religious office
Sindicates a person from Scotland

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 Gaelic form of this person's name] (modern literal translation of person's name)
AnnalsEntryContextCitation (formatting preserved)
 
[] (William Barrett, d. 1278-1281)
U2U1278.3ANUilliam Baired
LCLC1281.3ANUillíam Bairéd
II1281.10ANWilliem Baroid
II1281.10ANWilliem Baroid
CM1281.4ANUilliam Bairéd
II1283.2ANle macaibh W[i]lliem Baroid
 
[] (Robert Barrett, d. ?)
II1316.2ANfilius Roberti Bared
 
[] (Robert, son of Watin Barrett, d. 1365)
CM1365.11ANRoiberd Mac Uatin Baired
 
[] (Richard, the son of Madoc, the son of Tomin Barrett, d. 1384)
DM1384.9ANRiocard mac Maidiucc mic Tomin Baired
 
[] (Thomas Barrett, d. 1404)
DM1404.1ANTomás Baired epscop Oile Find
 
[] (Richard Barrett, d. 1412)
DM1412.7ANRiocard Bairéd
 
[] (Robert Barrett, d. 1435)
DM1435.19ANMac Baitin, .i. Roibertt Bairéd tighearna Thíre h-Amalgadha ["Mac Wattin, i.e. Robert Barrett, Lord of Tirawly"]
 
[] (William Barrett, d. 1438)
D1438.12ANUilliam Bairéd, .i. mac Mhec Baidin
 
[] (Thomas, son of Henry Barrett, d. 1440)
DM1440.17ANMac Baitín .i. Tomas mac h-Enrķ Bairéd tighearna Thire h-Amhalgadha
 
[] (? Barrett, d. ?)
DM1440.17ANMac Baitin do ghairm do mac Magiu Baired ["the son of Maigiu Barrett was then nominated the Mac Wattin"]


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