<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I found this in one of the Academy of Saint Gabriel reports (#2028): <Ai/fe> (early spelling) or <Aoife> (late spelling) may not have been used by real people in our period. O Corrain and Maguire list it, but only cite legendary/literary examples. We have found no example of it otherwise. The Pelican Queen of Arms ruled Sept 2002 that it is not registerable without further evidence. See http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/09/02-09cl.html, under the heading "From Pelican: Registerability of the Name Aife/Aoife".<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm out of time right now so can't check any further at this point.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Alicia<br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Renee" <wlchick@hotmail.com><br><b>To: </b>collegeofheralds@tirrigh.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, April 6, 2014 7:01:33 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[tirrigh-heralds] Style and Conflict check please<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">I'm thinking of choosing Aoife Ní Mháille (eefa ni malley) as my sca persona.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">1) Aoífe was a female warrior with a twin sister from Irish mythology. <span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.behindthename.com/name/aoife" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.behindthename.com/name/aoife">http://www.behindthename.com/name/aoife</a></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">2) Aoife MacMurrough (c.1145–1188, Irish: Aoife Ní Diarmait), also known by later historians as Eva of Leinster, was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (c.1110-1171) (Irish: Diarmait MacMurchada), King of Leinster, and his wife Mor O'Toole (c.1114-1191). Aoife conducted battles on behalf of her husband Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, a Norman knight, and is sometimes known as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua). </div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">SOURCE:</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Aoife." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Oxford University Press. <a href="http://Encyclopedia.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://Encyclopedia.com">Encyclopedia.com</a>. 7 Jan. 2010 <<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.encyclopedia.com">http://www.encyclopedia.com</a>>.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">3) "Pirate queen" Grainne Ní Mháille (anglicized Grace O'Malley) was Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan following in the footsteps of her father Eoghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. Upon his death, she inherited his large shipping and trading business.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"><div>Born: 1530, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland</div><div>Died: June 18, 1603, Rockfleet Castle</div></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">SOURCE:</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: ; -webkit-composition-fill-color: ; -webkit-composition-frame-color: ; " data-mce-style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.geni.com/people/Gráinne-N%C3%AD-Mháille-Sea-Queen-of-Connacht/6000000002758659133" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.geni.com/people/Gráinne-N%C3%AD-Mháille-Sea-Queen-of-Connacht/6000000002758659133">http://www.geni.com/people/Gráinne-N%C3%AD-Mháille-Sea-Queen-of-Connacht/6000000002758659133</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><br>===============================================<br>Principality of Tir Righ College of Heralds mailing list<br>Unsubscribe: collegeofheralds-unsubscribe@tirrigh.org<br> Help: collegeofheralds-request@tirrigh.org, subject line "help" (without quotes)<br>or http://mail.tirrigh.org/mailman/listinfo/collegeofheralds_tirrigh.org<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>