need an Irish battle name

[Bigkahuna]

I vote for Finn McCool!!

[dfmacliam]

Paddy O'Parnell

[Bigkahuna]

Paddy O'Furniture!!

[Rawlinson]

Paddy O'Furniture!!

They'd love that. Some similar organizations are big on roleplaying and creating a dynamic character; this one just wants something interesting to call you by while you get knocked about.

It's important that you come up with your own name fast, or they come up with one for you. Fifi didn't pick his name out fast enough... I have probably 'til Sunday to avoid a similar fate.

[CDNSushi]

So, um is this kinda like an SCA-meets-LARP sort of group?

[Rawlinson]

It's the LA in LARP. You can role-play if you want, but most people here don't really get into that aspect too much. It's more of a sport, really. The garb lets you know you're in the game (in high school, I really didn't wear my wrestling singlet outside of matches) and your "battle name" will probably become your nickname in real life, just like with any sports team I've ever been a part of. Hmm, maybe I should put more thought into the name than I already was... I kind of forgot about that....

[thanmuwa]

Brian Boru. 'nuff said.
T.

One of the best suggestions so far, IMHO.

In the Wikipedia article Táin Bó Cúailnge, Cú Chulainn is written as Cúchulainn. I know Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source, but are both correct, or only the first?

Neither are wrong. It literally means the hound (Cú) of Culann, his real name was Setanta. I am sure Wikipedia will be able to tell you why he had to be Culann's guard dog .

What's the proper pronunciation of Cocidius? Is it just like you'd say it in English?

It is Latin so no-one really knows. Any way you want to?

EDIT (the third):
Leaning towards Brian Boru; this more allows for a Christian persona.

Other suggestions, if you want a Christian linkage, are the various Irish missionaries who brought Christianity back to Europe. Perhaps the one most relevant to this board would be St. Colum Cille, know to the Scots as Columba. Alternatively, St. Brendan the Navigator is linked to the US.

[Sawney Bean]

Sorley Boy MacDonnell was more Hebridean Scot than Irish in background. Suggestions:
Manus Roe O'Cahan, Con Dubh O'Neill. Two Irish Confederates who gave Cromwell and the Covenanters a poke in the eye.

[dfmacliam]

or just take your own name and translate it to Gaelic.. Irish Gaelic...

[Phil]

Sorley Boy MacDonnell was more Hebridean Scot than Irish in background. Suggestions:
Manus Roe O'Cahan, Con Dubh O'Neill. Two Irish Confederates who gave Cromwell and the Covenanters a poke in the eye.

And where did the Hebridean Scots come from?