Talk:Adomnán

Name

Eunan

There's some misunderstanding going on here; despite doing several courses at university where Adomnán was a key subject, not once have I come across this form of his name. Please explain why this obscure form is suddenly "the standard English form of his name". - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 15:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm from Donegal where the name Eunan (pronounced You-nan) is quite popular. It is the name of the main boys school in Letterkenny, St. Eunan's College, the cathedral of the Diocese of Raphoe, St. Eunan's Cathedral and a GAA team. In fact when I was tidying up some articles on the county I found it hard to find this page.

Donegal is a partly Irish speaking region and the modern Irish spelling Adhamhnán (pronounced OO-wa-nawn) is used instead of Adamnan. Originally there would have been a little dot, called a sí buailte or séimhiú, to soften the d and m, that would have been missed by non-Gaelic scholars. This dot was replace in the 20th century with a h.

Hopefully that clears up a few things. The pronouciations are a bit off- never any good with IPA!! I'll change the wording anyway.Afn 15:54, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

In other words, because he didn't bother to check whether it was common or not. Seems like the page isn't in the wrong place but Adamnan needs to be mentioned more prominently. — LlywelynII 00:18, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Birth year discrepancy

The text says he was born either in 627 or 628 while the infobox says 624; any clarification? LC has 625?-704; should we says 620s?--FeanorStar7 09:40, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Death

The story of his work in Glenlyon, his death, and his burial at Dull is found at pp.5-8 [1]. LeadSongDog come howl! 01:18, 13 April 2023 (UTC) LeadSongDog come howl! 01:18, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

This is a dated source and there is no evidence it is reliable. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:41, 13 April 2023 (UTC)