Might you know these two brothers and could you help me identify them?

The lads names are Cúmaigh & Cúmaidhe

The Cú seems to indicate to me Hound as in the Hound of Chullain or CúChullain.

Is there a difference between maigh and maidhe

Is one of them the Hound of the Plain and if so which one?

What might the other Hound be descriptive of......?

I think Cúmaidhe is s given name that is the source of the Irish sur-name Mac Con Midhe Usually anglicized as Mac Namee. It translates to Son of the Hound of Meath. (Meath itself comes from a word meaning the middle) and as you say Cúmaigh probably means Hound of the Plain the source of the surname Mac Con Maigh This sur-name is usually anglicized as Cowway but the anglicization of these two similar sounding names was often confused. The Mac Con Midhe Family were renown poets

Thank You,

So, is the following likely to be meaningful distinction between the two who were in the same family:

Cúmaigh = Hound of the Plain

Cúmaidhe = Hound of the Meath (middle)

Well the names comes from a place (Contae na Mí) angliciized as County Meath. The place-name comes from an ancient Irish Kingdom called Midhe. It was called the Middle Kingdom because it lay roughly in the middle of Ireland. So, the best English translation of the name would be The hound of Meath

Am I right in thinking that in some instances the words Cú and Con sometimes denotes a warrior?

You are, hounds were used by the Celts and rish in battles and to gaurd houses. These dogs were huge and ferocious (similar to the modern day irish wolf- hound). Warriors and Kings took their names from hounds- so that they might have their attributes.

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