[NS-Heralds] Regarding: Client: name question

[nickd611 at aol.com]

Greetings,

In regards to Bridget's?inquiry about the name Dubdarach mac Longaidh,?I thought I'd shed some light, seeing as how I'm the Dubdarach mac Longaidh in question.? Yes, my desired name is Gaelic (Irish in particular), rather than Anglo-Saxon, possibly a case of two conversations blending into one at the meeting.? No harm though :)

As far as sources, the given name (Dubdarach) came from a search of the St. Gabriel site, which resulted in a report ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/1933 ) regarding someone else's question about the name (the questioner was?asking about it as a byname, as in mac Duibdarach, but the report explains both the given name and byname versions).? What I'd most like to know is what period this name can be documented to (the earlier the better).

The byname, mac Longaidh, came from the given name Longadh, found in a genealogy of the Eoghanacht dynasty of Munster province, Ireland.? I've since lost the source of that genealogy, and so am now looking for any early period documentation of that name.

So overall I'm looking for good solid evidence of these names being used in early period Ireland.? My persona is zeroing in on a time somewhere between 700-900, but if there are references falling just outside those?years I'd like to see them too.

Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.

YIS,
Dubdarach mac Longaidh (at least for now)
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