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Named after the city of Dublin, which comes from Duibhlinn, meaning "black pool". Áth Cliath means "hurdled ford" and is the main Irish name for Dublin. Fermanagh: 1584/5 Ulster: Fear Manach "Men of Manach". Manach may come from Old Irish Magh Eanagh, "Country of the Lakes", making the whole derivation "Men (or Tribe) of the Country of the ...
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Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn or Mac Cuinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn". [1] The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn or Mac Cuinn in Irish. [2] The surname is borne by several unrelated families in Ireland, especially in the northern province of Ulster and also the counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo. [3]
The surname came into use around the 11th century by two different Irish clans: The MacMahons of Thomond, a sept of the Dál gCais, and the MacMahons of Oriel, rulers of Airgíalla. Additionally, a separate McMahon family in County Fermanagh is descended from Mahon Maguire, a grandson of Donn Carrach Maguire. [2]
Shankill Road derives its name from Irish: Seanchill meaning "old church", which is also the name of the local parish. Origins of some streets and roads in Dublin, Republic of Ireland [39] O'Connell Street, formerly known as Sackville Street, it was renamed after Daniel O'Connell. Its Irish name is Sráid Uí Chonaill.
Donnelly is an Irish surname. Also used as: O’Donnelly or Donley. Also used as: O’Donnelly or Donley. It is derived from the Gaelic Ó Donnghaile meaning 'descendant of Donnghal', [ 1 ] a given name composed of the elements donn ('dark, brown') and gal ('valour'). [ 2 ]
In Ireland the surname is strongly associated with Ulster and prevalent in counties Antrim, Armagh and especially Monaghan.In Ulster it originated in County Tyrone, and is the Anglicized form of Mac Conallaidh 'son of Cú Allaidh'; a Gaelic name of the Cenél nEógain clan meaning the 'wild hound', i.e. 'wolf'.
The literal translated meaning of the Irish elements of the name are Mac (Son of) + Cruit (Crooked, and by extension hunchback, or an old name of the harp, by inference to the shape of the Irish harp) + -ín (signifying diminution), hence Little Hunchback, or Little Crooked One, but also Son of the Harp, or One associated with the art of the ...
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