Period Appropriate Names for 16th C. Irish Gaels

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Listed below are given names found in the Annals of the Four Masters for the years 1500-1601, appropriate for our reenactment.  If you are currently without a character name or do not have a name that has been approved, please look over this list and find one.  This is not the definitive list of period Irish names, other documented names will be acceptable assuming you can provide your source, but this is a convenient list of names we do know were used during our time.


Masculine Given Names from the Annals of the Four Masters, 1500-1601
Feminine Given Names from the Annals of the Four Masters, 1500-1601









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