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    #32
    CDfm
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    But some Christian names did come down the generations and you had very few Patricks in English families or Henrys in Irish families


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    gurramok
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    If our forefathers didn't drop the Irish language, perhaps we wouldn't have this confusion over surnames?(Woods etc)


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    gurramok wrote: »
    If our forefathers didn't drop the Irish language, perhaps we wouldn't have this confusion over surnames?(Woods etc)

    I think you also had Anglisation that predated this too.

    Careys changing their Name to Carew etc so the Anglicisation of names had many Irish adopting English names for convenience.


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    dubtom wrote: »
    My surname is 'exotic' too.;)I know I have English ancestors because there is a place in england with the same name,which originated from a Norman (I think) with that particular name. The name in Ireland dates back to the 13th century,whether I'm a decendant of the original I don't know. In terms of claiming english ancestry,I'll have to admit it always had the nail on blackboard effect on me when brought up.

    Oh wow. I have a norman surname, I'm English, but my name is one of the more common or most common English surnames in Ireland I believe. We may have the same name,


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    gurramok wrote: »
    There are not many blondes(real undyed blonde hair types ) in the Irish population.

    Cross the water to England(or NI) and they are everywhere. Somehow, i think most over here pre-EU immigration are descended from Normans/Vikings/English and they are normally found in urban areas.

    It just so happens that urban areas seem to have the most anglicsed names as a proportion of the population, maybe of English ancestry, a co-incidence?

    Now, where did the black hair/dark eyes section of the white population come from? ;):)

    I know in Wales, the dark thing was to do with Spain and some invasions. Maybe that's the case with Ireland too.:confused:


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