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:
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form: | Bairéid |
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | |
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.
| AN | indicates a member of an Anglo-Norman family |
| N | indicates a Norseman |
| R | indicates a person holding a religious office |
| S | indicates 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) |
| Annals | Entry | Context | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
| [] (William Barrett, d. 1278-1281) |
| U2 | U1278.3 | AN | Uilliam Baired |
| LC | LC1281.3 | AN | Uillíam Bairéd |
| I | I1281.10 | AN | Williem Baroid |
| I | I1281.10 | AN | Williem Baroid |
| C | M1281.4 | AN | Uilliam Bairéd |
| I | I1283.2 | AN | le macaibh W[i]lliem Baroid |
| |
| [] (Robert Barrett, d. ?) |
| I | I1316.2 | AN | filius Roberti Bared |
| |
| [] (Robert, son of Watin Barrett, d. 1365) |
| C | M1365.11 | AN | Roiberd Mac Uatin Baired |
| |
| [] (Richard, the son of Madoc, the son of Tomin Barrett, d. 1384) |
| D | M1384.9 | AN | Riocard mac Maidiucc mic Tomin Baired |
| |
| [] (Thomas Barrett, d. 1404) |
| D | M1404.1 | AN | Tomás Baired epscop Oile Find |
| |
| [] (Richard Barrett, d. 1412) |
| D | M1412.7 | AN | Riocard Bairéd |
| |
| [] (Robert Barrett, d. 1435) |
| D | M1435.19 | AN | Mac Baitin, .i. Roibertt Bairéd tighearna Thíre h-Amalgadha ["Mac Wattin, i.e. Robert Barrett, Lord of Tirawly"] |
| |
| [] (William Barrett, d. 1438) |
| D | 1438.12 | AN | Uilliam Bairéd, .i. mac Mhec Baidin |
| |
| [] (Thomas, son of Henry Barrett, d. 1440) |
| D | M1440.17 | AN | Mac Baitín .i. Tomas mac h-Enrķ Bairéd tighearna Thire h-Amhalgadha |
| |
| [] (? Barrett, d. ?) |
| D | M1440.17 | AN | Mac Baitin do ghairm do mac Magiu Baired ["the son of Maigiu Barrett was then nominated the Mac Wattin"] |
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