I found this in Niamh:

quote:

Mar gheall ar an gcoisíocht san a bhí aige do tugadh “Caoilte” mar leasainm air.

Can anyone explain to me why Caoilte would be a nickname for someone fleet of foot? Thanks.

Because Caoilte Mac Rónáin was the runner of the Fianna.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%ADlte_mac_R%C3%B3n%C3%A1in

Thank you. I am finding Niamh fascinating despite anachronisms.

Aonghus can you explain this, also about Caoilte:

quote:

Do rithfeadh sé in aice capaill agus do raghadh sé de léim i ndrom an chapaill sin agus an capall ar cosa in airde.

I ndrom an chapaill is my problem, as it says "i", "in". Does it mean "he could run besides a horse and leap up ONTO that horse's back while the horse itself was galloping"??? Is "i" to be understood as "onto" here?

That is how I would understand it, without being able to give you grammatical reasons.

The closest I see in Ó Dónaill is "Tháinig siad i dtír", they came ashore.

good example, thanks.