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Anglicised Irish-language surnames (437 P) Anglo-Norman Irish dynasties (10 C, 7 P) I. Irish-language surnames (3 C, 88 P) O. O'Shaughnessy family (22 P)
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
See also earlier Irish saint Cormac of Armagh. In those days the McCormack was the name of a powerful Sept (Clan or Family) in the county of Longford, [citation needed] Cormac mac Airt, a semi-historical Irish high king who ruled from Tara ca. 227–266 AD. Cormac, son of Cabhsan, was the first chieftain to be called Cormack, and, of course ...
M(a)cLaughlin / m ɪ ˈ k l ɒ x l ɪ n / is the most common Anglicized form of Mac Lochlainn, a masculine surname of Irish origin. The feminine form of the surname is Nic Lochlainn. The literal meaning of the name is "son of Lochlann". [2] Note that Mc is simply a contraction of Mac, which is also (albeit rarely) truncated to M' .
Colloquially in Gaeltachtaí (Irish-speaking areas) and some other areas it remains customary to use a name formed by the first name (or nickname), followed by the father and the paternal grandfather's name, both in the genitive case, e.g. Seán Ó Cathasaigh (Seán O'Casey), son of Pól, son of Séamus, would be known to his neighbours as Seán Phóil Shéamuis.
Pages in category "Irish-language surnames" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Blondel (surname)
Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, but some lucky leprechauns are Irish the rest of the year, too! Can you identify an Irish man or woman by last name only? If their surname begins with O ...
The surnames McCabe (Irish: Mac Cába) [2] and MacCabe (/ m ə ˈ k eɪ b / muh-KAYB) are Irish and Scottish surnames. McCabes are considered to have moved from the Western Isles of Scotland to Ireland sometime around 1350. McCabes are now found mostly in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.