The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 52, June 26, 1841Various
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 52, June 26, 1841
Various
Ireland -- Periodicals
In the families of Mac Carthy, O’Sullivan and O’Driscol, Finghin
[Fineen], a name very general among them, and which signifies _the
fair offspring_, has been anglicised to Florence. Among the same
southern families the name Saerbrethach, which prevails among the Mac
Carthys in particular, and which signifies the _noble justice_, is
translated Justin. In the family of O’Donovan, as the writer has had
every opportunity of knowing, the name Murrogh has been metamorphosed
to Morgan; Dermod, to Jeremiah; Teige, to Timothy; Conor or Concovar,
to Cornelius; Donogh, to Denis; and Donnell, to Daniel. In the family
of O’Brien, the hereditary name of Turlogh has been changed to Terence;
Mahon, to Matthew; Murtogh or Moriertagh, to Mortimer (but this very
lately); and Lachtna and Laoiseach, to Lucius. Among the O’Gradys the
name Aneslis is rendered Stanislaus and Standish. In the families of
O’Donnell, O’Kane, and others, in the province of Ulster, Manus, a
name borrowed by those families from the Danes, is now often rendered
Manasses. In the families of Mac Mahon and Mac Kenna, in Ulster, the
name Ardgal or Ardal, signifying _of high prowess or valour_, is always
anglicised Arnold. In the family of O’Madden of Shilanamchy, in the
south-east of the county of Galway, the hereditary name of Anmcha,
which is translated Animosus by Colgan, is now always rendered Ambrose,
to which, it will be readily granted, it does not bear the slightest
analogy. Among the families of Doyle, Cavanagh, and others, in the
province of Leinster, the name Maidoc, or Mogue, which they adopted from
St Maidoc, or Aidan, the patron saint of the diocese of Fernes, is now
always rendered Moses among the Roman Catholics, and Aidan among the
Protestants! (any thing to make a difference.) Among the O’Neills in
the province of Ulster, the name Felim, or Felimy, explained as meaning
_the ever good_, is now made Felix; Con, signifying _strength_, is made
Constantine; and Ferdoragh, meaning _dark-visaged man_, is rendered
Ferdinand. Among the O’Conors of Connaught, the name Ruaidhri, or Rory,
is anglicised Roderic, but among most other families it is rendered
Roger. In the same family, Tomaltach is rendered Thomas; Aodh, Hugh; and
Eoghan, Owen. In the families of Mac Donnell and others in Scotland, and
in the north of Ireland, the name Aengus, or Angus, is always rendered
Æneas. Among the O’Hanlys of Slieve Bawn, in the east of the county of
Roscommon, the name Berach, which they have adopted from their patron
saint, and which is translated by Colgan, _directe ad scopum collimans_,
is now always and correctly enough rendered Barry. Throughout Ireland
the old name of Brian is now rendered Bernard, and vulgarised to Barney,
which is more properly an abbreviation of Barnaby than of Bernard. Among
the O’Haras and O’Garas in the county of Sligo, the name Kian, which they
have adopted from their great ancestor Kian, the son of Olioll Olum, king
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