Cathal
Cathal is a masculine given name in the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and English languages. The name is derived from two Celtic elements: the first, cath, means "battle"; the second element, val, means "rule".[1] The Gaelic name has several Anglicised forms, such as Cathal,[2] Cathel,[3] and Kathel.[4] It has also been Anglicised as Charles,[4] although this name is of an entirely different origin as it is derived from a Germanic element, karl, meaning "free man".[5]
As is obvious from the list below, the name was in medieval times most popular in Ireland's two western provinces, Munster and Connacht.
People with the name
- Cathal mac Áedo (d. 627), king of Munster
- Cathal Cú-cen-máthair (d. 665), king of Munster
- Cathal mac Muiredaig (d. 735), king of Connacht
- Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742), king of Munster
- Cathal mac Murchadh (d. 816), king of Uí Maine
- Cathal mac Conchobair (d. 925), king of Connacht
- Cathal mac Tadg (d. 973), king of Connacht
- Cathal mac Donnubáin (fl. 1014), king of Uí Chairpre Áebda
- Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair (d. 1224), king of Connacht
- Cathal mac Conchobair Ruadh Ua Conchobair (d. 1288), king of Connacht
- Cathal mac Domhnall Ua Conchobair (d. 1324), king of Connacht
- Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa (d. 1498), main compiler of the Annals of Ulster
- Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (d. 1756), poet
- Cathal Brugha (d. 1922), revolutionary
- Cathal Coughlan (politician), (1937–1986)
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh (b. 1956), poet
- Cathal Coughlan (singer)
See also
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 343, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- ^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 714, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
- ^ Maceachen, Ewan (1922), Maceachen's Gaelic-English Dictionary (4, revised and enlarged ed.), The Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Company, pp. 467–469, http://www.archive.org/details/gaelicenglishdic00mace
- ^ a b MacFarlane, Malcolm (1912), The School Gaelic Dictionary prepared for the use of learners of the Gaelic language, Stirling: Eneas Mackay, p. 144, http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924026841043
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 52, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1