Tubridy
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Tubridy (Gaelic: Ó Tiobraide, original forms include Latin: Tipraiti and Tipraite ) is an Irish surname in Anglicised form, found most prominently in County Clare, Ireland. The Tubridys of Clare originated as scribes, as a sept of the Dalcassian Clan.[1][2] The name means "descendant of Tiobraide", with the Gaelic language word tiobraid meaning "a well".[3] The name is described as "unusual and interesting",[4] it is not very common unlike many surnames of Irish origin, also because of its somewhat obscure origins and how the name has developed over time between different languages.
History
Annals of the Four Masters
Recorded reference for the name can be found in the Annals of the Four Masters, in relation to Tipraiti Tireach who was a legendary King of Ulster, living out his life between 136 and 187 AD according to the Annals.[5] Tipraiti Tirech himself came from a long line of nobles, his father was Mal mac Rochride one of the High Kings of Ireland; the Annals describes them as part of the Milesian race with a lineage that traces back directly to Míl Espáine, who's son tradition holds, came to Ireland from Hispania in the Iberian Peninsula as part of the "Ulster Cycle".[6] The Annals also describes Tipraiti Tireach as the founder of Dál nAraidi.[7]
Potential etymology and development
Genelogical theories abound as to the origins of the surname. In relation to the word tiobraide some genealogists have speculated that the surname could be topographical in origin, relating to a person who lived by a well, possibily a holy well and probably charged others to use it.[4] There are numerous sacred wells in Ireland, dating back to both pagan and early Christian periods, an example is Tubrid Well at Millstreet relating to Saint Ita who is nicknamed the "Brigid of Munster".[9][10]
Just before the 800s, the name appeared in the form of Tipraiti mac Taidg who was the King of Connacht from the years 782 until 786.[4][11] The name is present in the Annals of Ulster in relation to men holding a religious office within the Catholic Church. Examples of its usage within these Annals are in relation to men such as Oengusa filii Tipraiti, an abbot and author of a Latin hymn Martine te deprecor in honour of St Martin of Tours during 697,[8] others include Tipraiti nepos Baithenaig and Tipraiti Ban also abbots.[12]
The name then began to develop from its original Latin language form, through the same root, into Tipraite.[13][14] Its development next took it through O' Tipraite and Ua Tibraide then as evident in the Great Book of Lecan and the Book of Ballymote from the 1300s.[4] The name is recorded in the Justiciary Rolls of County Carlow of 1311 in the form of a person named Fiachra O' Tybryth, this was during the reign of king Edward II of England, Lord of Ireland with the introduction of personal tax for citizens.[4] During the 16th century with lingustic developments the more modern spellings of Tubridd, Tubritt, Tubbred, and Tibrud are in clearer evidence.[4]
Wider distribution
Since the 1800s, likely due to The Great Hunger, the name Tubridy spread out from County Clare into the New World as well as across the Irish Sea to Great Britain.[4] The Tubridys were one of numerous Western Ireland families linked to a much larger myth developed in the New World, in relation to the Spanish Armada's sinking off the coast of County Clare in 1588, known as the Black Irish myth (a reference to black hair colour in some Caucasian Irish people).[15] In the myth specifically related to the Tubridys the tale says, a Spaniard who surived the sinking was swept ashore the West Coast of Ireland, was given refuge by a woman surnamed O'Riada, hiding in a dry well near her house. As the man could not speak either English or Irish, he was known as "O'Tiobraide", meaning in english "of the well of Reidy(O'Riada)".According to West Clare folklore the introduction of the potato to Ireland is credited to this sailor.[15] Although such an etymology is impossible due to the names much older existence, modern genetic tests show a strong connection between Irish people and the Basques, with the gene patterns passed down through the male line of the two described as "strikingly similar".[16].
Notable people with the name
- Tipraiti Tireach, King of Ulster, son of Mal
- Oengus mac Tipraiti, abbot of Cluain Fota Báetáin, author of a hymn in honour of St Martin of Tours
- Tipraiti mac Taidg, King of Connacht
- Michael Tubridy, musician
- Ryan Tubridy, broadcaster.
- Aine Tubridy, publisher
- Sean A. Tubridy, T.D. 1896-1939
References
- ^ "Dál gCais or The Dalcassians of Thomond". DalcassianSept.com. 12 November 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Irish Septs, Vol 1" (PDF). David Austin Larkin. 12 November 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Woulfe, Patrick. Irish Names and Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 0806303816.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Tubridy surname meaning". SurnameDB.com. 16 May 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) Cite error: The named reference "surname" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ "Kings of Ulster". Magoo.com. 16 May 2008.
- ^ "Tubridy - Tiobraide -a little history lesson". Ancestry.com. 16 May 2008.
- ^ "Kings and Lords of Dal Araide". Magoo.com. 16 May 2008.
- ^ a b Murphy, Gerard. Early Irish Metrics. Royal Irish Academy.
- ^ "Dispute closes famous holy well". Irish Examiner. 16 May 2008.
- ^ "Tubrid Well". Millstreet.ie. 16 May 2008.
- ^ Moody, T W. A New History of Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198217447.
- ^ "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Tipraite". MedievalScotland.org. 16 May 2008.
- ^ "Traditional Irish Names in Gaelic". NameNerds.com. 16 May 2008.
- ^ "Surname". CassidyClan.org. 16 May 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Name". Tubridy.net. 16 May 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Genes link Celts to Basques". BBC.co.uk. 16 May 2008.