Index of Names in Irish Annals: Ádam / Ádhamh

© 2000-2008 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.5, updated 22 September 2008

Masculine Given Names: Ádam / Ádhamh

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:

Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form:	Ádam
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form:	Ádaim
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:	Ádhamh
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form:	Ádhaimh

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name:	17
Found in Years:	1186, 1232, 1247, 1249, 1278, 1279, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1285, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1302, 1315, 1318, 1320, 1337, 1340, 1362, 1373, 1388, 1407, 1416, 1446, 1521, 1536

Research Notes:

Sources:

Further information about the name Ádam, Ádhamh may be found in:

• OCM (p. 12 s.n. Ádam).

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
AS	indicates an Anglo-Saxon
N	indicates a Norseman
P	indicates a Pict
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.

Annals	Entry	Context	Citation (formatting preserved)
(d. ?)
C	M1186.1		Maol Callann mac Adaim Mic Cleircein epscop Cluana Fearta Brenainn
(d. 1249)
Co	1249.4	AN	Addam Minatur
MCB2	MCB1249.4	AN	Adamh Minadur ["Adam Minniter"]
(d. 1278-1281)
U2	U1278.3	AN	Adam Pleimenn ["Adam Fleming"]
Co	1281.4	AN	Adam Plemend
C	M1281.4	AN	Adam Plemend
(d. 1283-1287)
U2	U1279.1	AN	h-Adam Cimsóg ["Adam Cusack"]
Co	1282.3	AN	hAdam Cimsocc
C	M1282.2	AN	h-Adam Ciomhsócc
U2	U1282.2	AN	Adamh Cimsog
U2	U1283.6	AN	Adam Cimsóg
Co	1285.3	AN	Addam Cimsocc
C	M1285.5	AN	Adam Ciomhsócc
C	M1285.5	AN	Coilin Ciomhsócc derbrathair Adaim
LC	LC1282.2	AN	h-Adam Ciomsóg
AH	1281	AN	Adam Cusacke Junior
C	M1287.5	AN	Adam Ciomhsócc
(d. 1296-1300)
Co	1232.5	AN	hAddam Stonsdun
LC	LC1232.4	AN	h-Adam Sdondún
C	M1232.9	AN	h-Adam Sdondún
Co	1247.8	AN	clann Addam
U2	U1296.3	AN	Adam Sdondun, barun mor aile ["Adam Stanton, another great baron,"]
Co	1300.10	AN	Addam Stondun tigerna Cera
LC	LC1300.9	AN	Adam Sdóndún, tigerna Cora
C	M1300.6	AN	Adam Stondun barun mór ele
(d. 1299-1302)
U2	U1299.4	AN	Adam Sandal ["Adam Sandal"]
Co	1303.6	AN	Addam Cendal
C	M1303.2	AN	Adam Sandál
(d. 1315-1318)
U2	U1315.1	AN	Adam Maireis ["Adam de Marisco"]
Co	1318.2	AN	Addam Mares
LC	LC1318.1	AN	Addam Mares
C	M1318.1	AN	Adam Mares
(d. ?)
I	I1320.4		da braithrib fein, .i. d'Adam ["by his own kinsmen, viz. by Adam" - this phrase indicates that he's a kinsman of O Donnagain Mor, .i. Maghiu]
(d. 1337-1340)
U2	U1337.12		Adhamh Mag Theichedhan
Co	1340.13		Addam Mag Tethedan
LC	LC1340.11		Addam Mag Tethedan
(d. 1362)
U2	U1362.4		Adam h-Ua Fialan
(d. 1373)
U2	U1373.4		Adhamh h-Ua Cianan
LC2	LC1373.3		Adam .H. Cianan
Co	1373.4		Adam h. Qianan
D	M1373.2		Adam Ó Cianáin cananach & saoí seanchadha ["Adam O'Keenan, a canon and learned historian"]
(d. ?)
U3	U1388.2		Clann h-Ui Cuirnin [unrelated], .i. Sigraidh & Cairpri & Gilla Padraig, meic Adaimh ["The sons of Ua Cuirnin, namely, Sigraidh and Cairpri and Gilla-Padraig, sons of Adam Ua Cuirnin"]
(d. 1407)
LC2	LC1407.10		Adam mac Gilli Muire, ri .H. n-Echach
Co	1407.12		Adam Mac Gilli Mure ri h. nEchach
(d. 1416)
Co	1416.24	R, E	Addam Lexid epscuip Ard Achaid .i. brathair galda drochenig ["Adam Lexid, Bishop of Ardagh, a Gall and an inhospitable friar"]
D	M1416.1	R, E	Adam Lexid epscop Ard Achaidh, brathair Gallda ["Adam Lexid, Bishop of Ardagh, an English friar"]
(d. 1446)
U3	U1446.11		Adhamh, mac Matha (Moir) h-Ui Luinin
(d. 1521)
U3	U1521.9		Mág Carmuic, .i. Adham
(d. 1536)
U3	U1536.3		Adham Mac Murchaidh

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