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How to write the surname Winters as gaeilge?

shellita · 2012-03-12 12:16:24

In school I was told to write gheimhridhí for winters as a second name. Wondering if a fluent Irish speaker can help please :rolleyes:

12-03-2012 12:16pm

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shellita

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In school I was told to write gheimhridhí
for winters as a second name.

Wondering if a fluent Irish speaker can help please :rolleyes:

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#2 12-03-2012 12:21pm

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Try the Irish language forum instead:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=31

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#3 12-03-2012 12:26pm

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Whoever told you that is evidently not well versed in either Irish or history.

There are a number of Winters's if you understand me - some Irish in origin, some / Norse / Norman (de Winter) and some ye olde English / Viking.

The Irish version of the Irish name is likely to be "Mac Giolla Gheimhridh" - the son of the servant of Winter/Wynter/de Winter/Winters. The Mac Giolla bit seems to be a catch-all when the origin of the name itself is lost in the mysts of tyme.

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#4 12-03-2012 12:26pm

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Thanks

Can I post a new threat in that forum or do I have to post in a thread already created?

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#5 12-03-2012 12:30pm

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mathepac wrote: »

"Mac Giolla Gheimhridh"

ah ok so for daughter would it be "Ní Giolla Gheimhridh" ?

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#6 12-03-2012 12:37pm

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Okay folks, take it over to the Irish forum.

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