Index of Names in Irish Annals: Cosnumach / Cosnamhach
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2007 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.0, updated 04 September 2007
Masculine Given Names: Cosnumach / Cosnamhach
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: | Cosnumach |
| Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form: | Cosnumaig |
|
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form: | Cosnamhach |
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | Cosnamhaigh |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 8 |
| Found in Years: | 1154, 1162,
1421, 1422, 1436, 1454, 1471, 1482, 1485, 1497,
1529, 1533, 1584 |
Research Notes:
OCM (p. 61 s.n. Cosnumach) notes:
"The names Cosnumach and Cosnaidhe are apparently interchangeable."
Sources:
Further information about the name Cosnumach / Cosnamhach may be found in:
- OCM (p. 61 s.n. Cosnumach).
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.
| [Standardized form of this man's name] |
| Annals | Entry | Context | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
| (d. 1162) |
| B | M1154.11 | | An Cosnamhaigh Uí Dubhda |
| B | M1154.11 | | c-Cosnamhaigh Ua n-Dubhda |
| U | U1162.10 | | An Cosnomhaidh h-Ua Dubhda |
| B | M1162.27 | | An Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda, tigherna Ua n-Amhalgadha |
| |
| (d. 1422) |
| U3 | U1422.3 | | An Cosnaighi Og Mac Aedhagain, .i. ollam h-Ui Concobuir Failghi re breithemnus ["The Defender Mac Aedhagain junior, namely, ollam of Ua Concobuir Failghi in jurisprudence"] |
| Co | 1422.9 | | in Cosnamach Oc Mac Aedacan .i. ollam brethemon Ceneoil Fiachach |
| Co | 1422.10 | | in Cosnamach Occ |
| D | M1422.7 | | An Cosnamhaigh óg mac Aedhagain ollamh Chenel Fhiachach |
| |
| (d. ?) |
| Co | 1421.11 | | Murcertach Bude mac in Chosnamaig h. Dubda |
| D | M1421.6 | | Muirceartach Buidhe mac An Chosnamhaigh Uí Dhubhda |
| Co | 1436.7 | | Lasur Fina ingen Conchobair Meic Dondchada ben in Chosnamaig h. Dubda |
| Co | 1471.22 | | meic in Chosnamuig h. Dubda |
| D | M1471.13 | | mic an Cosnamhaigh Ui Dubda |
| |
| (d. ?) |
| D | M1454.5 | | mac mic an Cosnamhaigh Uí Maoíl Mhuaidh ["the grandson of Cosnamhach O'Molloy"] |
| |
| (d. 1482) |
| D | M1482.18 | | an Cosnamhach mac Conchobhair óicc Mec Flannchadha |
| |
| (d. 1497) |
| U3 | U1485.15 | | An Cosnaidhe, mac Aedha, mic Neill h-Ui Mael Muaidh ["The Defender, son of Aedh, son of Niall Ua Maelmuaidh"] |
| U3 | U1497.36 | | h-Ua Maeil Mhuaidh [unrelated], .i. in Cosnamhaigh |
| Co | 1533.9 | | O Maolmuaidh .i. Domnall Caoch mac an Cosnamoigh |
| LC2 | LC1533.8 | | O Maol Mhuaidh .i. Domnall Caoch mac in Chosnamaigh |
| E | M1533.2 | | O Maol Muaidh Domhnall Caoch mac An Chosnamhaigh tighearna Fear c-Ceall |
| |
| (d. 1529) |
| Co | 1529.9 | | An Cosnomaigh mac Fergail meic Donnchada Duib Meic Aodagain |
| LC2 | LC1529.9 | | An Cosnamach mac Fergail mic Donnchada Dhuibh Mic Aodhagáin |
| E | M1529.8 | | An Cosnamhach mac Ferghail mic Donnchaidh Duibh Mic Aedhaccáin |
| |
| (d. 1584) |
| E | M1584.12 | | An Cosnamhach mac Con Coiccriche, mic Diarmada, mic Taidhcc Caim Uí Cleirigh |
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