Brigid.
Inis Cathaigh
Pronounced - inish kat-ay
Monastery on Scattery Island in the bay on the estuary of the River Shannon, in Ireland.
Inis Medhcoit
Pronunciation - inish mey-coych
Celtic word for the Island of Lindisfarne.
Iona
Pronounced - ee-oon-ah
Anglo-Saxon name for the small island located in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
Iona of Domnonia
Pronounced - yo-na of dom-no-nee-uh
Isc
Pronounced - isk
Axe River.
Isca Dumnoniorum
Pronounced - iska dum-no-nee-or-um
Isolde
Pronounced - ee-zold-ay
Daughter of Hoel. Tristan's Breton wife.
Isuelt
Pronounced - ih-soolt
Domnall mac Ead and Ysuet's daughter. Princess of Eire. King Marc's wife.
Iudog
Pronounced - yoo-dog
Brother of Haelog.
Iuduacael
Pronounced - yoo-dwa-kail
Brother of Haelog.
Iuduael
Pronounced - yoo-dwal
Juliot
Pronounced - jool-ee-awt
Monk that founded Tintagel's monastery.
Kaourantin
Pronounced - kaoh-RAHN-teen
Breton prince. Haelog's nephew. Hoel of Carhaix's son.
Ken
Pronounced - kent
Kernev
Pronounced - ker-nev
Cornish word for Brittany.
Kieve
Pronounced - kee-ehv
Cornish word for basin. St. Nechtan's kieve is a stone basin into which the falling Trevillitt Falls.
Laigin
Pronounced - lay-en
Leinster, Ireland - contained the present day counties, Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
Lann
Pronounced - lan
(Cornish) Church-site, or enclosure.
Lann
Pronounced - lawn
(Irish)A thin, very flexible plate, strip or ribbing of burnished gold or silver worn as a head band around the forehead with which to confine the hair.
Lann Madryn
Pronounced - lan ma-drin
Madryn's (Materiana) church perched on the cliffs above Tintagel.
Lannwedhenek
Pronounced - Lan-weth-nik
Modern Padstow in Cornwall.
Laoghaire, King
Pronounced - leery
Fifth century high-king of Ireland.
Leacht
Pronounced - ly-act
Tomb.
L?ine
Pronounced - lay-neh
Long, shirt-like garment, reaching slightly above the ankles, though longer for women. The longer leine is always worn with a brat and never with trousers.
Pronounced - laynt-yuh
Plural of l?ine, tunics.
Lindisfarne
Pronounced - lin-dis-fahrn
Also called Holy Island. Monastery founded by Bishop Aidan on the island off of the coast of Northumbria.
Llancarfen
Pronounced - lhan- kar-ven
Monastery in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Llwyd Coed
Pronounced - lhoo-id koid
Llwynderw
Pronounced - lhoo-in-deer-uh
The forest in which Isio resides. The name means oak grove.
Llydaw
Pronounced - lhoo-dah
Native Celtic name for Brittany.
Lochlainn
Pronounced - lahk-law-in
Territory of the Cenel nEoghain, also called Magh Ithe (Moy Ith) in East Donegal (Inishowen).
Loch nEachach
Pronounced - lahkh-nay
Lough Neagh. Large lake located in the center of Northern Ireland and bordered by Antrim, Ballymena, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon, Lisburn and Magherafelt.
Long Mountain
Long Mountain, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
Lough Easke
Pronounced - lahkh-esk
Lough Eske, Lake of the Fish in County Donegal.
Lughar
Pronouced - loo-uhr
Bishop Aidan's father.
Lus chosgadh na fola
Pronounced - luhs kawsh-gui nuh faw-luh
The herb yarrow, literally translated - plant that stops bleeding.
Lus cn?mh
Pronounced - luhs knauv
The healing herb comfrey, sometimes called boneset.
Lus nan leac
Pronounced - luhs nun lyak
The herb eyebright, literally translated means hillside plant.
Mabon
Pronounced - mai-bon
Pagan celebration of Harvest or Autumnal Equinox.
Mabyn
Pronounced - ma-ben
Macliau
Pronounced - makh-ly-au
King of Bro-Waroch.
Madryn
Pronounced - mad-rin
Ancestor of Vortigern and wife of Ynyr Gwent (ruler of the area around Caerwent.) She established churches in Tintagel and Minister, Cornwell.
Maelan
Pronounced - meyl-awn
Type of shoe. Ornamented, tanned leather shoes with sole and heel.
Mael Chaba
Pronounced - meyl khuh-buh
Domnall mac Aed's brother, Isuelt's uncle.
Maelgwn ap Cadwallon
Pronounced - male-goo-un ap kad-wal-on
Son of Cadwallon ap Einion.
Maelodar Macha
Pronounced - meyl-ah-duhr ma-ha
King of Airgialla.
Maes Cogwy
Pronounced - mais cog-oo-ee
Magh Mor
Pronounced - moy more
Moira, where Congal Ca?ch's seat was based - Rath Mor (Moylinney), in present day Antrim, Ireland.
Magh Rath
Pronounced - moy-ruh
Meaning - Plain of the Forts. Located in present day Ulster, Ireland.
Mairi
Pronounced - MEIR-ee
Isolde's Breton servant.
Malo
Pronounced - malo
Monk at the monastery Aleth.
Mama?
Pronounced - mam-ee
Irish word meaning - mother, mama.
Mam-gu
Pronounced - mam-gee
Meaning - grandmother.
Manua
Pronounced - man-wa
Isle of Man.
Marc, King
Pronounced - mark
King of Cerniw.
Marchog
Pronounced - mar-khog
British horseman.
Marchogluodd
Pronounced - mar-khog-lee-odh
British light cavalry.
Marchomawr
Pronounced - mar-kho-mar
British heavy cavalry.
Math
Pronounced - maith
Cadwallon's guide and champion.
mB?gaine
Pronounced - mo-gin-eh
Dynastic line from the Cen?l Conaill, the name B?gaine having derived from ?nna B?guine, son of Conall Gulban. They controlled a small strip of Land in east Donegal and West Tyrone.
Meigen
Pronounced - may-gen
Also called Heathfield, Hatfield near Doncaster. Battlefield where Cadwallon killed Edwin on October 12, 633.
Mentel
Pronounced - mayn-tayl
Mantle.
Merthyr Teyryn
Pronounced - mer-thir teir-in
Meaning - The Martyred King - church in honor of Meurig ap Tewdrig.
Meurig ap Tewdrig
Pronounced - MEI-rig ap Teu-drig
King of Glywysing 620 - 665.
Midach
Pronounced - mi-jukh
Physician/healer - expert in
internal medicine and the use of herbs.
Midhe Valley
Pronounced - mee
Meath. Boyne River Valley, Ireland.
Minister
Prounounced - meen-EES-ter
Church near Boscastle, Cornwall.
Misty Hills
Breidden Hills, Shropshire, Wales.
Moel-bryn
Pronounced - moil brin
Meaning - bare hills. Breidden hill, Shropshire, Wales.
Mointeach liath
Pronounced - mahn-yahk ly-ee-uh
Bog moss, or grey peat moss.
Mon
Pronounced - moon
Ynys Mon. Also called Isle of Mon. Present day Isle of Anglesey.
Morcant Hen
Pronounced - mawr-cant heen
King of Gwennwys. (Gwent)
Morfael ap Glast
Pronounced - mor-va-el ap glas
King of Glastenning. (Somerset) Brother of Eluan Powys and Cynddylan.
M?rholt
Pronounced - more-halt
Domnall mac Aed's champion. Morhold mac C?eil of the Cen?l mB?gain line.
Mormarc'h
Pronounced - MUR-markh
One of King Marc's horses.
Moya
Pronounced - mow-ya
Isolde's nurse.
Mumu
Pronounced - muh-muh
Munster, Ireland, contained present day counties, Clare, Tipperary, Limerick, Waterford, Kerry and Cork.
Myrddin
Pronounced - mur-thin
Myrddin Wylly or Merlinus Caledonensis, sixth century prophet, most often associated with King Arthur.
Nemnach
Pronounced - nem-nuhk
A well or spring situated close to Rath Laoghaire and formed a stream named Nith, through the glen. Means bright or sparkling.
Neustria
Pronounced - noo-stree-uh
Western part of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks. (Present day northwest France.)
Neven
Pronounced - nay-van
One of Hoel's Breton retainers.
Nicca
Pronounced - NIK-uh
Nindid the Pious
Pronounced - nin-ig
One of Ireland's Twelve Apostles.
Nine Cantreds
Pronounced - kan-tred
Clan territories. Roughly organized by land containing one hundred vills (villages).
Northmen
Scandinavians.
Northumbria
Pronounced - north-um-bree-yuh
Nynniaw, king
Pronounced - nin-ee-aw
Ochra
Pronounced - ah-chruh
Stockings or leggings of cloth or thin leather.
Offa
Pronounced - oaf-fah
King Oswald's brother
Oillil Cedach
Pronounced - AHL-yil ke-juhkh
King of Cen?l Laeghaire.
Oriel
Pronounced - ah-ree-ahl
Name for the province Airgialla.
Osfrith
Pronounced - oh-sfreeth
King Edwin's son by Coenburg.
Oslac
Pronounced - oh-slok
King Oswald's brother.
Oslaf
Pronounced - oh-slahf
King Oswald's brother.
Osric
Pronounced - oh-sreek
Kinsman to King