36-680: Lachlan may refer to: People [ edit ] Lachlan (name) , masculine name. Places [ edit ] Several places in New South Wales, Australia , named for Lachlan Macquarie . For a more complete list, see Places named after Macquarie Electoral district of Lachlan , an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales, Australia Electoral district of Lachlan and Lower Darling , an electoral district of
72-606: A Viking . All uses of the word Lochlann relate it to Nordic realms of Europe. While the traditional view has identified Laithlind with Norway , some have preferred to locate it in a Norse-dominated part of Scotland, perhaps the Hebrides or the Northern Isles . Donnchadh Ó Corráin states that Laithlinn was the name of Viking Scotland , and that a substantial part of Scotland—the Northern and Western Isles and large areas of
108-504: A Gaelic adaption of the Historia Brittonum perhaps compiled at Abernethy —makes Hengist 's daughter "the fairest of the women of all Lochlann". Hengist was a legendary Anglo-Saxon leader of the 5th century AD. The adventures of Prince Breacan of Lochlann are part of the mythology of the naming of the Gulf of Corryvreckan ( Scottish Gaelic : Coire Bhreacain ), a whirlpool between
144-633: A company from Llychlyn led by March ap Meirchiawn (the King Mark of the Tristan and Iseult legend) appears among Arthur's vividly-depicted host. Bromwich suggests this appearance derives ultimately from a recollection of Welsh Triad 14, which depicts March ap Meirchiawn as one of the "Three Seafarers/Fleet Owners of the Island of Britain" – the Scandinavians being famed for their nautical skills. Lochlann
180-528: A local government area in the state of New South Wales, Australia Lachlan, Tasmania , a locality Lachlan Fold Belt Lachlan Island Other [ edit ] Clan Maclachlan , a Scottish clan which is sometimes known as Clan Lachlan HMAS Lachlan (K364) , a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy Young Lachlan , a schooner that was stolen and wrecked by convicts in 1819 Topics referred to by
216-493: A number of problems. The demise of Gofraid, King of Lochlann and father of Amlaíb and Imhar (or Ímar) and Auisle seems to be recorded in the Fragmentary Annals in 873: Ég righ Lochlainne .i. Gothfraid do tedmaimm grána opond. Sic quod placuit Deo . (The death of the king of Lochlainn i.e. Gothfraid of a sudden and horrible fit. So it pleased God.) O' Corrain (1998) concludes that: "this much-emended entry appears to be
252-579: Is Lachann , a name influenced by the similarly sounding (though etymologically unrelated) Eachann . Historically, the name Lachlan and its variants were most commonly found in Argyll . The following proverb contains the name Lachlan : "Mar mhadadh ag ol eanruich ainmean Chlann ‘ll ‘Eathain “Eachann, Lachann.” or; "Like a hound lapping broth are the names of the Clan Maclean "Eachan, Lachan" "Hector, Lachlan". The senior branch of Clan Maclean are
288-484: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lachlan (name) Lachlan ( / ˈ l æ x l ən , ˈ l æ k l ən , ˈ l ɒ k l ən / ) is a masculine given name of Scottish Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Lachlann , which is in turn derived from the earlier Gaelic personal name Lochlann . In
324-561: Is the Old Irish representation of the Old Norse name Oláfr – the question of Amlaíb's immediate origins is debated. In 871 he "went from Erin to Lochlann to wage war on the Lochlanns" to assist his father Goffridh who had "come for him". Hona, who the annalists believed was a druid and Tomrir Torra were "two noble chiefs", "of great fame among their own people", and "of the best race of
360-799: Is the land of the Fomorians in the Irish Lebor Gabála Érenn . In the Lebor na hUidre and the Book of Leinster the "huge and ugly" Fomorians are sea demons that battled with the Tuatha De Danann . A Scandinavian Lochlann appears in later Irish tales, generally concerning the King of Lochlann—sometimes called Colgán—or his sons, such as in the tales of Lugh and the Fenian Cycle . The Lebor Bretnach –
396-678: The Antrim coast. W.H. Murray corroborates the view that the original story may have referred to this latter location, quoting the 10th century Glossary of Cormac who describes the tale of "Brecan, son of Maine, son of Nial Naoighhiallach". The same story is associated with the Bealach a' Choin Ghlais (pass of the grey dog), a tidal race further north between Scarba and Lunga . The prince's dog managed to swim to land and went in search of his master. Failing to find him on Jura or Scarba he tried to leap across
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#1732848714314432-677: The Meic Lochlainn , bore the surnames Mac Lochlainn and Ua Lochlainn . The eponymous ancestor of the Scottish Clann Lachlainn , traditionally regarded as yet another branch of the Uí Néill, was a much later man who bore a form of the name Lachlan . In the 2000s and 2010s, Lachlan was a common baby name in Australia and New Zealand, ranking within the top ten masculine names registered in several Australian states. In 2008, Lachlan
468-503: The Welsh language Llychlyn , which appears as a name for Scandinavia in the prose tales Culhwch and Olwen and The Dream of Rhonabwy , and in some versions of Welsh Triad 35. In these versions of Triad 35 Llychlyn is the destination of the otherwise unattested Yrp of the Hosts, who depleted Britain's armies by demanding that each of the island's chief fortresses provide him with twice
504-557: The " tanist of the king of Lochlann" fell in the Battle of [Sciath Nechtain] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |itailc= ( help ) (near modern Castledermot ) in 848. In 851 Zain, also identified as the "half-king of the Lochlanns" and Iargna "the two chiefs of the fleet of the Lochlanns" are recorded as fighting against the Danes in Carlingford Lough . The same source notes that in
540-648: The Corca Mruad, a certain Lochlainn, is recorded by the same source to have been slain in 1015. Afterwards, the principal family of the region was the Uí Lochlainn , who bore the surname Ua Lochlainn . In Ulster , the Annals of Ulster record the slaying of a Lochlainn mac Maíl Shechlainn, an Uí Néill dynast, in 1023. This man's powerful grandson, Domnall Ua Lochlainn, High King of Ireland , ensured that their descendants,
576-574: The Irish surnames Mac Lochlainn , and Ó Lochlainn . A patronymic form of the personal name Lachlann is the Scottish Gaelic surname MacLachlainn . Forms of the personal names first appear on record in the tenth century. The earliest known bearer of such names was Lochlaind mac Maíl Shechnaill, heir of the Corca Mruad , whose death is noted by the Annals of Inisfallen in 983. Another member of
612-411: The Legislative Assembly in New South Wales, Australia Lachlan River , a river in central New South Wales, Australia Lachlan Shire , a local government area in the central west of New South Wales, Australia Lachlan Valley Railway , a rail preservation society based at Cowra, New South Wales, Australia Lachlan Valley Way , a state highway in New South Wales, Australia Upper Lachlan Shire ,
648-504: The Lochlanns", although their careers appear to have been otherwise unrecorded. They died whilst fighting the men of Munster in 860. Gnimbeolu, chief of the Galls of Cork , was killed in 865, possibly the same person as Gnim Cinnsiolla, chief of the Lochlanns who is recorded as dying in similar circumstances. In 869 Tomrark the Earl is described as a "fierce, rough, cruel man of the Lochlanns" and
684-574: The Macleans of Duart. This branch was established in the 14th century on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Mull . The first Laird was known as Lachainn Lubanach or "Lachlan the crafty". Of the first fourteen Lairds of Duart, seven were named Lachlan and seven were named Hector. Forms of the name Lochlainn were borne by Uí Néill and other families in the Early Middle Ages . Before the beginning of
720-560: The annalist notes, perhaps with some satisfaction, that this "enemy of Brenann " died of madness at Port-Mannan (possibly the harbour of the Isle of Man ) in the same year. Also in 869 the Picts were attacked by the Lochlanns and internal strife in Lochlann was recorded because: the sons of Albdan, King of Lochlann, expelled the eldest son, Raghnall, son of Albdan, because they feared that he would take
756-537: The brother of Harald Finehair (although the Norse sagas claim that Halfdan was Raghnall/Rognvald's grandfather). The "Lochlanns" may thus have been a generic description for both Norwegian-based warriors and insular forces of Norse descent based in the Norðreyjar or Suðreyjar . Other Lochlannachs mentioned in the texts for dates during the early 10th century are Hingamund (or Ingimund) and Otter, son of Iargna, who
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#1732848714314792-646: The coastal mainland from Caithness and Sutherland to Argyll —was conquered by the Vikings in the first quarter of the ninth century and a Viking kingdom was set up there earlier than the middle of the century. The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland contain numerous reference to the Lochlanns , who are clearly Vikings and feared and distrusted by the writers. However relatively few named individuals are identified from amongst their number and their relationships with one another are largely obscure. Jarl Tomrair , described as
828-657: The death notice of Gøðrøðr, king of the Vikings in Scotland" and although other interpreters believed this entry referred to the death of his son Ímar it is clearly about one of the other. Who then is "Albdan"? The name is probably a corruption of the Norse Halden, or Halfdane, and this may be a reference to Halfdan the Black . This would make Raghnall Rognvald Eysteinsson of More in Norway and
864-475: The islands of Jura and Scarba on the west coast of Scotland . The story goes that the tidal race was named after this Norse Prince "said to be son to the King of Denmark" who was shipwrecked there with a fleet of fifty ships. Breacan is reputed to be buried in a cave at Bagh nam Muc (bay of the swine) at the north-western tip of Jura. According to Haswell-Smith (2004) Adomnan 's Life of St Columba suggests this calamity occurred between Rathlin Island and
900-542: The kingdom of Lochlann after their father; and Raghnall came with his three sons to Innsi Orc and Raghnall tarried there with his youngest son. But his elder sons, with a great host, which they collected from every quarter, came on to the British Isles, being elated with pride and ambition, to attack the Franks and Saxons. They thought that their father had returned to Lochlann immediately after setting out. This entry provides
936-513: The men he brought; though he began with only two men he left with many thousands. The same versions also give Llychlyn as the destination of the army led by Elen of the Hosts and Maxen Wledig , the Welsh version of the historical Roman usurper Magnus Maximus . However, Rachel Bromwich suggests that Llychlyn in this case might be a corruption of Llydaw , or Armorica , Maxen's usual destination in other sources. In The Dream of Rhonabwy ,
972-542: The mythical, undersea otherworldly abode of the Fomorians of Irish mythology. At times it may have referred to an early Norse settlement in Scotland . Classical Gaelic literature and other sources from early medieval Ireland first featured the name, in earlier forms like Laithlind and Lothlend . In Irish , the adjectival noun Lochlannach ( IPA: [ˈl̪ˠɔxl̪ˠən̪ˠəx] , 'person belonging to Lochlann') has an additional sense of 'raider' or, more specifically,
1008-473: The name is Lachina . A related form of Lachlan is the Irish Lochlainn . Anglicised forms of this latter name include Laughlin ( / ˈ l ɒ k l ɪ n , ˈ l ɒ x l ɪ n , ˈ l ɒ f l ɪ n / LOK(H) -lin, LOF -lin ) and Loughlin ( / ˈ l ɒ k l ɪ n / LOK -lin ). Lochlainn has also been rendered into English as Lawrence . A variant form of Lachlann in Argyll
1044-479: The nineteenth century, forms of the name were common amongst families in northern Ireland , but have since become unfashionable. Forms of the name Lachlan were historically common amongst families with connections to the Scottish Highlands , but have become popular in Australia and New Zealand. A less common variant is the name Lauchlan . Modern patronymic forms of the personal name Lochlann include
1080-495: The ninth century, the terms Laithlinn / Laithlind (etc.), appear in historical sources as terms denoting the origin of Vikings active in Ireland. The exact meaning behind these terms is uncertain. What is clear, however, is that the terms Lochlann / Lochlainn (etc.) came to replace these earlier terms; and that, by the eleventh century, Lochlann / Lochlainn certainly referred to Norway in historical sources. Whether
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1152-428: The sixth year of the reign of Maelsechlainn , circa 852 Amlaíb "the son of the King of Lochlann, came to Erin, and he brought with him commands from his father for many rents and tributes, but he left suddenly. Imhar, his younger brother, came after him to levy the same rents." Amlaíb is also called the "son of the king of Laithlind" by the Annals of Ulster in 853. While certainly of Scandinavian origin – Amlaíb
1188-463: The terms Lochlann / Lochlainn were originally related to Laithlinn / Laithlind , or merely conflated with them, is unknown. In mediaeval Irish literature , the term Lochlann refers to a vague faraway place: sometimes the Otherworld , and sometimes Scandinavia . Pet forms of Lachlan include Lachie , Lachy , and Lockie ( / ˈ l ɒ k i / LOK -ee ). A feminine form of
1224-491: The use of the name in those countries has been decreasing in recent years. Lochlann In the modern Gaelic languages , Lochlann ( Irish: [ˈl̪ˠɔxl̪ˠan̪ˠ] ) signifies Scandinavia or, more specifically, Norway . As such it is cognate with the Welsh name for Scandinavia, Llychlyn ( pronounced [ˈɬəχlɨn] ). In both old Gaelic and old Welsh, such names literally mean 'land of lakes' or 'land of swamps'. It may initially have referred to
1260-451: Was killed by the Scots. Whatever the meaning of Laithlind and Lochlann in Ireland in the ninth and tenth centuries, it may have referred to Norway later. In 1058 Magnus Haraldsson is called "the son of the king of Lochlann", and his nephew Magnus Barefoot is the "king of Lochlann" in the Irish πreports of the great western expedition four decades later. The Irish Lochlann has a cognate in
1296-585: Was ranked as the third most popular masculine baby name in New South Wales , with 581 registered that year. The same year, the name was ranked as the sixth most popular masculine baby name in Victoria , with 438 registered. In 2013 it was the tenth most popular name for boys in Australia . In 2018, the name was more popular in New Zealand than in Australia, as it ranked 13th in New Zealand, and 17th in Australia. The name used to be popular in Scotland, and Ireland, but
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