The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 51, June 19, 1841Various
History
The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 51, June 19, 1841
Various
Ireland -- Periodicals
Other individuals of Irish name and origin, upon settling in London and
other parts of England, have changed their surnames altogether, as the
ancestor of the present Baron of Lower Tabley, whose name was Sir Peter
Byrne, but who was obliged to change his name to Leycester, to conform
to the will of his maternal grandfather, who had bequeathed him large
estates in England, on condition of his dropping his Irish name and
adopting that of the testator. He is the most distinguished man of the
O’Byrne race now living, and we regret that his Irish origin is entirely
disguised in his present name of Warren. He descends from Daniel, the
second son of Loughlin Duff of Ballintlea, in the county of Wicklow, a
chief of great distinction, and is related to the Byrnes of Fallybeg,
near Stradbally, in the Queen’s County, who descended from the first
son of this Loughlin--a fact with which his lordship is altogether
unacquainted; and the writer of these remarks has often regretted that
his lordship has not been made acquainted with this fact, as it might be
in his power to serve the sons of the late venerable Laurence Byrne of
Fallybeg.
Other changes have been made in Irish surnames by abbreviation; but
though we regret this, we are not willing to condemn it altogether,
especially when the changes are made for the purpose of rendering such
names easy of pronunciation in the mouths of magistrates and lawyers, who
could not, in many cases, bring their organs of speech to pronounce them
in their original Irish form. Of these we could give a long list, but we
shall content ourselves with a selection.
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