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There seems to be a curious mix of anglicised and Old Irish spellings here... for example, shouldn't MacHeth be Mac Aedh (with accent) in most cases? --MacRusgail 18:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- There is, but that's what the so-and-sos who write books did. "MacHeth", as a name for these folks, has a long pedigree. Somebody (probably Barrow, but I can't find the quote or it would be in the article) described the identity of "Malcolm MacHeth" as "the most important unsolved problem in Medieval Scots history". For the MacWilliams, the meic Uilleim name is used by Oram, as is meic Máel Coluim, but meic Áed[h]a or mac Áed[h]a are not (well, probably not, David I has a bloody awful index). So we have Máel Coluim mac Alisdair and Máel Coluim mac Uilleim but Máel Coluim MacHeth. Oram's Domination and Lordship should cover this directly. If he uses a Gaeliform name there I'll change this. Supposed to be published on the first of June. I'd better order one. It'll probably all need revised anyway in light of whatever he says. Angus McLellan (Talk) 20:01, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
