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Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán. Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a ...
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
Maggie Hill (1898–1949), English career criminal; Maggie Hogan (born 1979), American Olympic athlete; Maggie Holland, English singer-songwriter; Maggie Humm, English feminist academic; Maggie Jackson, English netball international and coach; Maggie Jeffus (born 1934), Democratic educator; Maggie Jenkins (born 2001), New Zealand footballer
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl".It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Old Iranian. [1] It has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages.
(from Fianna meaning "semi-independent warrior band") a member of a 19th-century Irish nationalist group (OED). fiacre a small four-wheeled carriage for hire, a hackney-coach. Saint Fiacre was a seventh-century Irish-born saint who lived in France for most of his life. The English word fiacre comes from French. (OED)
This is an old Irish tribal name, Orbhraighe. pampootie – From pampúta, a kind of shoe with good grip worn by men in the Aran Islands. phoney – (probably from the English fawney meaning "gilt brass ring used by swindlers", which is from Irish fáinne meaning "ring") fake. pinkeen – From pincín, a minnow or an insignificant person.
During translation in the Ulster Plantation, various English translations of the original Mag Uidhir appeared, including Maguire, Mac Guire and McGuire. In South West Donegal, the name is re-translated into Gaelic as Mac Guibhir. An unusual version is Meguiar, an American spelling best known from "Meguiar's Wax." [7]
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