Cailleach Chainnig Bhallach

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Lady Cailleach Chainnig Bhallach
Information
Resides: East Kingdom, Barony of Bhakail, Shire of Harts-Horndale
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Per fess purpure and vert, a castle of three towers and a badger rampant argent marked sable
Award & Office Badges

Introduction

Lady Cailleach Chainnig Bhallach, 13th Century Irish Gaelic. Joined the Society in April 2016.

Authorized in Heavy Fighting in October 2016.

Authorized in Combat Archery in May 2018.

Authorized in Fencing in April 2023. Forms include Single, Dagger, and Case.

Awards & Honorable Mentions

Received Award of Arms in May 2017.

Took 3rd place in Baron of Iron Bog's Champions Tourney in 2017. It was her first tourney appearance. She was awarded the Baroness's Silver Ring of Iron Bog for her prowess.

Received Award for Best Death at East Kingdom Novice Day 2017.

Received Award for Most Chivalrous Combatant and the first ever Champion's Choice Award at East Kingdom Novice Day 2018.

Finalled (but didn't win) the Shire of Buckland Cross's Champions Tourney and the Shire of Harts-Horndale's Champions Tourney (2024).

Persona

13th Century Irish persona.

Cailleach Chainnig is a Gaelic feminine compound name in the form Cailleach X as found in "Index of Names in Irish Annals" by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada:

Cailleach Dhé (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/CailleachDhe.shtml) Caillech Domnaill (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/CaillechDomnaill.shtml) Caillech Fhinnéin (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/CaillechFhinnein.shtml) The second element in each of these compound names is a male personal name in genitive form. In the case of the submitted name, the desired male personal name appears to be Cainnech, which is found in Mari's "Index" as a Middle Irish male given name prior to 1200 (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Cainnech.shtml). It's also found in "Scottish Gaelic Given Names" by Sharon Krossa (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/men/cainneach.shtml) in post-1200 Gaelic in Scotland, which brings it into temporal compatibility with both the desired spelling of Cailleach and the documentation for the byname. As we allow Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic to be combined freely for registration, Kingdom sees no reason not to allow combining them in a single name phrase.

The spelling Chainnigh was suggested at Kingdom as a more orthographically/grammatically-correct post-1200 form; given the inconsistencies in Gaelic orthography circa 1200, we are forwarding this as submitted and leaving the spelling question for Pelican.

Bhallach is a descriptive byname meaning freckled found in the Index of Names in Irish Annals by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, with several dates between 1315 and 1529 (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Ballach.shtml).

Offices & Positions

Member of Queen Matilde DeCadenet's Queen's Guard from Fall 2017 to Spring 2018

In Case of Court

• Contact my Don, Malcolm Bowman, to keep things a surprise.
• Email: bionicgirl6@gmail.com
• Court Summons posted on relevant Facebook pages