The Gaelic Names in Myth

Posted By: Rodrigo Mataskavens (80-24-125-254.uc.nombres.ttd.es)
Date: 12/11/2002 at 7:00 a.m.

I think that Connacht, Callieach, Cath Bruig... and other names are gaelic or derived from it. Judge yourself:

cath
battle, Irish, Old Irish cath, Welsh cad, Old Welsh cat, Cornish cas, Gaulish catu-; Old High German hadu-, fight, Anglo-Saxon heađo-, German hader, contention; Sanskrit çatru, enemy; Greek @Gkótos, wrath.

bruigh
large house, a tumulus, so Irish, Early Irish brug, mrug, land, holding, mark, Welsh bro, country, region, land, Cym-mro, a Welshman, pl. Cymmry (*com-mroges), Breton bro, country, Gaulish Brogi-: *mrogi (for Gadelic); Latin margo; Gothic marka, border-country, Anglo-Saxon mearc, border, English mark, march.

So Cath Bruig might mean house of battle or tumulus of a battle.

this page offers gaelic dictionaries online
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/index.html

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• The Gaelic Names in Myth
  Rodrigo Mataskavens (80-24-125-254.uc.nombres.ttd.es) -- 12/11/2002 at 7:00 a.m.
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    zeph (194.125.156.114) -- 12/11/2002 at 1:07 p.m.
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      Doom (207.239.12.200) -- 12/13/2002 at 10:25 a.m.

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