User:Cairbre macc Eochada micc Fedelmid

Cairbre mac Eochaid was born in what will eventually be reckoned as the year 263. He's the son of Eochaid and Eithne who were the keepers of a traveller's Inn near the junction of the rivers Nire, Suir and Tar.

After convincing his father that the business would be better kept by his younger brother,Athnach, Cairbre followed in the footsteps of his Great-grandfather, Diarmuid and took up arms as a profession. This served him well as through deeds and words, he became the Righ of the Tuatha 'n Blatha an Oir.

Later, after having been gifted the lands surrounding the mountain overlooking Blatha an Oir's beflowered plains, he settled and has since stayed on as Righ Tuatha an Gaella Carria. Known to be moody, wordy and occasionaly to open his mouth before he probably should. All in all, he's basically a decent guy.

Cairbre's Name**

If I'd even imagined that Carebears would someday shuffle into the world, I'd have chosen a different name, something hideously Irish to pronounce. Sigh... (Note to all who are developing your persona; DON'T CHOOSE A NAME THAT WILL SOMEDAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SACHARINE, ANNOYING, CHILDREN'S MIND-DESTROYING, TV THINGS. You'll pay for it... and pay... and pay... ;- }

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Cairbre KIRE-breh (the 'breh' is close to the 'e' in 'jet', 'pet', 'get')

KAWR-bruh (the first syllable is a dipthong that works out pretty close to the first syllable in 'cartouche') (also documented in period as 'Carpri' 'Cairpre' 'Cairpri' 'Carbri,'Carberry', 'Corpri', 'Corpri' etc) mac Eochaid yO-ee (This is the name that will eventually evolve into the modern 'McCoy' The actual sounds aren't really used in the conventional modern English dialects)

mac Fielimid FAYL-mee (This will evolve into names like Mac Feely, O' Fayle, and possibly O' Fally)

mac Diarmuid. DEHR-met ( The modern 'Dermot' is close enough)

There's also some discussion among the SCA heralds as to the formation of dad, grampa and great-grampa's names. Some folks insist it should be 'Eochada' and that it should be 'mic' Fielimid and 'mic' Diarmuid. I think my name is actually registered as "Cairbre macc Eochada micc Fedelmid". I try to ignore the fact that the 'cc' construction is completely irrelevant because until the church steps in and starts documenting things, Irish is an entirely phonetic language. The 'Eochada' is also iffy but I let the heralds get away with it because it saved me having to submit another ten pounds of documentation. I don't remember the specific grammatical terms for it, but I believe 'Eochada' is a genitive form of Eochaid. If we were talking about me in the third person, it would be 'Cairbre mac Eochada', 'Eochaid's son, Cairbre'; as opposed to Cairbre mac Eochaid; 'Cairbre who's father is Eochaid.' Okay, probably WAY more information than you were after...

• • Please don't call me Carebear. It's overdone, underappreciated and generally loathed.**

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