Index of Names in Irish Annals: Conchobar / Conchobhar

© 2000-2010 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.5, updated 26 February 2010

Masculine Given Names: Conchobar / Conchobhar

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:

Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) nominative form:	Conchobar
Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form:	Conchobair
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form:	Conchobar
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form:	Conchobair
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:	Conchobhar
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form:	Conchobhair

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name:	41
Found in Years:	706, 760, 769, 772, 832, 935, 965, 973, 979, 1089, 1104, 1122, 1126, 1201, 1202, 1268, 1271, 1346, 1401, 1403, 1411, 1413, 1414, 1429, 1448, 1450, 1452, 1463, 1466, 1468, 1473, 1475, 1483, 1493, 1498, 1508, 1513, 1516, 1603

Research Notes:

Sources:

Further information about the name Conchobar / Conchobhar, may be found in:

• OCM (p. 57 s.n. Conchobar)

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. 706)
U	U706.3		Concobur m. Maele Duin, rex Generis Coirpri
T	T706.3		Concobar mac Maili Duín rí Cenéoil Cairpri
(d. 760)
U	U760.7		Concobhair nepotis Taidgg Teimin
T	T760.3		Concobair h-úi Taidhg Temin
(d. 769)
U	U769.7		Conchobur m. Cumascaich rex Aithne
(d. 772)
U	U772.2		Concobuir h. Maele Duin
(d. 832)
U	U832.9		Conchobur m. Donnchada, ri Erenn
(d. 864)
U	U864.2		Concobur m. Donncadha, leith-ri Mide
(d. 935)
U	U935.7		Concobur m. Domnaill, ridomna Ailigh
(d. 965)
B	M965.7		Conchobhar, fer leighinn Cille Dara
(d. 973)
U	U973.1		Concobur m. Taidhc, ri Connacht
(d. 979)
U	U979.3		Conchobur mc. Finn, ri Ua Failghi
T	T979.1		Conchobar mac Fínd, rí h-Úa Failge
(d. 1089)
B	M1089.2		Concobhar, mac Foghartaigh h-Ui Maoile Dúin secnab Cluana Mic Nóis
(d. 1104)
B	M1104.6		Ua Conchobhair Corca M' Dhruaidh .i. Conchobhar mac Maoilechlainn
(d. 1122)
B	M1122.4	R	Conchobhar Ua Lioghda, comharba Ailbhe
(d. 1126)
B	M1126.4		Conchobhar Ua Cléirigh fear leighinn Cille Dara
(d. 1201)
C	M1201.6		Conchobhar mac Muirghesa Uí Edhin
(d. 1202)
C	M1202.6		Conchobhar Ruadh mac Domhnaill Uí Bhriain
(d. 1268)
C	M1268.6		Concobhar Ua Ceallaigh tighearna Ua Maine
(d. 1271)
C	M1271.8		Concobhar mac Tighearnáin Ui Concobhair
(d. 1346)
Co	1346.9		Conchobar h. Birn
[Conchobhar Anabaidh Ua Ceallaigh] (d. 1403)
Co	1401.11		Conchobar Anabaid h. Cellaig ["Conchobar Anabaid (the Unripe or Premature) O Cellaig"]
FM	vol. 4, p. 772, 1401		Concob.ar anabaid. ua ceallaig.
Co	1403.4		Conchobar Anabaid h. Cellaig ri h. Mane, nathair neme na nGaidel ar beodacht & crecharecht ["Conchobar Anabaid O Cellaig, king of the Ui Maine, venomous serpent of the Gaels for his swiftness and depredations"]
D	M1403.3		Conchobhar an abaidh mac Maoileachlainn Uí Cheallaigh tighearna Ó Maine
FM	vol. 4, p. 876, 1429		Maoilseachloinn mac Concob.air anabaid. uí c.eallaig. mac tig.earna ó Maine
(d. 1411)
D	M1411.10		Conchobhar Ua Cathasaigh airchindeach fearainn Muintire Cathasaigh i n-Daimhinis
(d. 1413)
Co	1413.6		Conchobar h. Dochurtaig dux Arda Midair & tigerna hInsi hEogain
(d. 1414)
Co	1414.7		Conchabar mac Sefraid h. Flannacan damna taisig Clainni Cathail
(d. 1448)
D	M1448.2	R	Conchobhar Mac Faolchadha epscop Ruis Ailithir
(d. 1450)
D	M1450.5		Conchobhar Ua Domhnaill tanaisi Tire Conaill
(d. 1452)
D	M1452.25		Concobhar Mac Gille Fhinnéin taoiseach Mhuintire Pheódacháin
(d. 1463)
D	M1463.2		Concobhar mac Cathail Ruaidh Még Raghnaill tighearna Cloinne Bibsaigh
(d. 1466)
D	M1466.5		Conchobhar mac Ui Concobair Ruaidh
(d. 1466)
D	M1466.9		Concobar mac Taidhcc Mec Branain
(d. 1468)
D	M1468.12		Concobhar Buidhe mac Corbmaic Mec Branain
(d. 1468)
D	M1468.17		Concobhar mac Emainn mic Maoileachlainn Uí Ainlighi
(d. 1468)
D	M1468.1	R	Concobhar Ua Maoileachlainn epscop Oil Finn
(d. 1473)
D	M1473.17		Conchobhar mac Diarmata Uí Chonchobhair Failge
(d. 1475)
D	M1475.4		Concobhar mac Briain Mec Donnchaidh
(d. 1483)
D	M1483.9		Concobhar mac an Breithemhan adhbhar ollamhan Muintire Maol Ruain
(d. 1493)
D	M1493.18		Conchobhar mac Uí Dhalaigh Breifne
(d. 1498)
D	M1498.16		O Cuirnín Conchobhar Carrach
(d. 1508)
E	M1508.24		O h-Eidirscceoil Mór Conchobar mac Fínghin mic Miccon
(d. 1513)
E	M1513.15		O Mathgamhna Concobhar Fionn mac Conchobhair mic Diarmata Uí Mathghamhna
(d. 1516)
E	M1516.3		O Dochartaigh (Concobhar Carrach)
(d. 1603)
F	M1603.10		Conchobhar mac Donnchaidh, mic Murchaidh, mic Toirrdhealbhaigh Uí Bhriain

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