pinkypinky wrote: » Sorry Hermy - lots of people on the twitter hashtag were saying terrible things about Stacey Dooley while the show aired - of a personal nature. Perfectly fine not to like her style of presenting.
Nqp15hhu wrote: » What is Mary Lou McDonalds ancestry? Where does that surname come from? Is it an Irish translation?
Rmulvany wrote: » This would be a pretty common name around Ireland but would be of Scottish origin, McDonald would be the Anglicized form of MacDomhnaill coming from Clan Donald. MacLysaght: "MacDonald: The name of a Scottish Clan. Sometimes a synonym of the Irish MacDonnell" If your question was on a personal level, I don't think Mary has done anything public (who do you think you are etc)
Garlinge wrote: » Is it just a rough rule of thumb to say prefix 'Mac'/Mc' is Scottish and 'O' is Irish?
Nqp15hhu wrote: » I can’t think of too many Irish “Mc” surnames locally. They’re mostly O or without a prefix. I suppose McGlinchey or McLaughlin could be an example.
pinkypinky wrote: » Where a person lives in the 21st century in comparison to the historic (correct or otherwise) origin of a surname is largely meaningless. If you are interested in the history of surnames, take a look at MacLysaght's seminal work or Grenham or Murphy's more recent research.
Nqp15hhu wrote: » I haven’t come across several of those names.. some are Scottish.
Mick Tator wrote: » The names quoted by srmf5 are common throughout Ireland. Reading your posts I infer that you are limiting your comments to names found in the northern part of Ireland (e.g. your reference to names found 'locally'). I cannot see thatperspective adding much to a discussion on surnames that is general rather than specific.
Nqp15hhu wrote: » Don’t insult my contribution.. I have been doing my Y DNA for years alongside my Genealogy.
Nqp15hhu wrote: » McBride and McIntyre
Mick Tator wrote: » ……. Reading your posts I infer that you are limiting your comments to names found in the northern part of Ireland (e.g. your reference to names found 'locally'). I cannot see that perspective adding much to a discussion on surnames that is general rather than specific.
Nqp15hhu wrote: » I will continue to post.
srmf5 wrote: » The surname McBride was first found in Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall), northwest Ireland in the province of Ulster, sometimes referred to as County Tyrconnel, where the they are descended from the son of the servant (follower, devotee) of St. Brigit, the virgin Abbess of Kildare who died 525 A.D. McIntyre, McEntire, MacIntyre, McAteer, and McIntire are Scottish and Irish surnames derived from the Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir literally meaning "Son of the Craftsman or Mason", but more commonly cited as "son of the Carpenter." It is common in Ulster and the highlands of Scotland, found in Ireland mostly in counties Donegal, Derry, Tyrone and Sligo. A Uí Brolchainn Sept of the Uí Néill clan and a branch of the Cenel Eoghainn. In the ancient Irish annals, the first abbot of Clonmacnoise Saint Ciarán (c. 516 – c. 549) Ciarán mac an tSaeir ("son of the carpenter"), appears to be the oldest known record of the name; was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
Earnest wrote: » It would be misleading to imply that Ciarán Mac an tSaeir was an early example of the McAteer surname. Surnames first came in around the 11th century. People called Mac or Ó before that were literally the son or grandson and would not pass the name on to their descendants.
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