- Title Pages
- Proceedings of the British Academy · 157
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
- 2 An Insular Tradition of Ecclesiastical Law: Fifth to Eighth Century
- 3 Bede’s <i>Chronica Maiora</i>: Early Insular History in a Universal Context
- 4 Rome and the Isles: Ireland, England and the Rhetoric of Orthodoxy
- 5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
- 6 Trouble at the White House: Anglo-Irish Relations and the Cult of St Martin
- 7 The Practicalities of Communication between Northumbrian and Irish Churches, <i>c</i>.635–735
- 8 Behind Animals, Plants and Interlace: Salin’s Style II on Christian Objects
- 9 Anglo-Saxon, Irish and British Relations: Hanging-Bowls Reconsidered
- 10 The Anglo-Saxon Connection: Irish Metalwork, AD 400–800
- 11 Anglo-Saxon/Gaelic Interaction in Scotland
- 12 Sand-dunes and Stray Finds: Evidence for Pre-Viking Trade?
- 13 Glitter in the Dragon’s Lair: Irish and Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from Pre-Viking Wales, <i>c</i>.400–850
- 14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
- 15 Cemetery Settlements and Local Churches in Pre-Viking Ireland in Light of Comparisons with England and Wales
- 16 ‘All that Peter Stands For’: The <i>Romanitas</i> of the <i>Codex Amiatinus</i> Reconsidered
- 17 Studying Early Christian Sculpture in England and Ireland: The Object of Art History or Archaeology?
- 18 Of Saxons, a Viking and Normans: Colmán, Gerald and the Monastery of Mayo
- Abstracts
- Index
‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
- Chapter:
- (p.99) 5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
- Source:
- Anglo-Saxon/Irish Relations before the Vikings
- Author(s):
Paul Russell
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter aims to address several questions concerning the identification of Irishmen in England in the period before the arrival of the Vikings. It focuses on the onosmatic aspects of the questions and investigates the inter-related questions about the distinctiveness of Old Irish personal names. The chapter attempts to develop a method for tracking down Irishmen who do not have obviously Irish names.
Keywords: Irishmen, England, Vikings, onosmatic, Old Irish names, Irish personal names
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- Title Pages
- Proceedings of the British Academy · 157
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
- 2 An Insular Tradition of Ecclesiastical Law: Fifth to Eighth Century
- 3 Bede’s <i>Chronica Maiora</i>: Early Insular History in a Universal Context
- 4 Rome and the Isles: Ireland, England and the Rhetoric of Orthodoxy
- 5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
- 6 Trouble at the White House: Anglo-Irish Relations and the Cult of St Martin
- 7 The Practicalities of Communication between Northumbrian and Irish Churches, <i>c</i>.635–735
- 8 Behind Animals, Plants and Interlace: Salin’s Style II on Christian Objects
- 9 Anglo-Saxon, Irish and British Relations: Hanging-Bowls Reconsidered
- 10 The Anglo-Saxon Connection: Irish Metalwork, AD 400–800
- 11 Anglo-Saxon/Gaelic Interaction in Scotland
- 12 Sand-dunes and Stray Finds: Evidence for Pre-Viking Trade?
- 13 Glitter in the Dragon’s Lair: Irish and Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from Pre-Viking Wales, <i>c</i>.400–850
- 14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
- 15 Cemetery Settlements and Local Churches in Pre-Viking Ireland in Light of Comparisons with England and Wales
- 16 ‘All that Peter Stands For’: The <i>Romanitas</i> of the <i>Codex Amiatinus</i> Reconsidered
- 17 Studying Early Christian Sculpture in England and Ireland: The Object of Art History or Archaeology?
- 18 Of Saxons, a Viking and Normans: Colmán, Gerald and the Monastery of Mayo
- Abstracts
- Index
