The National tribune., 1901-11-07
IRISH FAMILY NAMES.
The English stgrifcation of Some of the More
Common in This Country.
JOEL N. EMO IN THE PILOT.

To follow Hibernian name from its
original form into the present one requires
careful and extended research; but to in.
crease the difficulty would-be Irish ETY..
molOgists have interpolated their own fan
cieS as authoritative.
With much caution q number of the
most probable derivations have been in
vsstigated, with the Irish form in paren-
thesis:
Beatty (biodhtach) public yictualler.
Bannon (banbhan) sucking pig.
Boyland (beoilain) Iarge-mouthed.
Boyle (baoghail-) peril.
Breslin (bris-lainn) sword-breaker.
Brian, Bryrn strong.
BrOgan (brocan) little badger.
Calla(g)han little warrior; Kelly.
Cannon (canadhnan) speaker.
Carroll (cearbhailD slaughter.
Carthy (carthach) of city.
Clenaghan (claOnachan) prejudiced.
COghlan (cochal, hood little cowled or
hooded man.
Conaty, of Connaught.
Conboy, Convey (can-buidhe) yellow
dog.
Conn, wisdom
Connell (conaD friend, friendship.
Comedian, little friend.
Connor (conchobairl helping warrior.
COrrigan (coraidhegan) little hero.
Cullen (coilean) young warrior.
Curry (curadh) champion.
Delahanty, Delahunty (dulchonta) de-
ceitful speaker.
Do(g)herty (dochertach) harmful, stern.
Doran (dubhron) sorrow. sad.
Donohue (donnchu) brown.
Dempsey (diomasach) naughty.
Duffy (dubh) dark complexion.
Dun-leavy (duinn-sleibheJ man of the
mountain.
Driscoll (edersceaD false.
Duane Dubhan) dark faced.
Dwyer (dubhfear) dark man: Diver,
Devery.
Falion Gallain) healthy.
Farrelly, Farley (fear-biallagh) freckled.
led man.
Feehan (fachan) raven.
Fehilly, Feeley Gicheailach) tOothed.
Finn QionD) white: Finnegan, little,
white man.
Flaherty (faith-beartaighe) tricky lord.
Flanagan (iann. blood red-faced man.
Fogarty (fogarthachJ noisy.
Gallagher (gall-chobair) foreign helper.
Cara, O'Gara, perhaps Garry, Geary
(gadhra) mastiff.
Gilligan (giollagain) little servant or
youth.
Grady (graidhighe) lover.
Grogan (gruagan) hairy.
Hanley (anlaigh) physician.
Hanrahan (anraghanJ mischief: the
rake"
Hogan (ogan) a youth.
Houlihan (uallachan) from uallach,
proud
Kesrney, Carney (cearnach) victorious.
keely, Kiely, Cayley (caoile) leanness.
Kenna, Keany, Kenny (cainneach)
chaste or (cineadhj kind.
Kelly (ceallach) fighter.
Latfan, LaVan, LAWN, Levins Qaphnn,
the lapl large-lapped.
Lenaha- u.ongachain) belonging to a
ship.
Lynch Qongseach) a sailor.
Madden (madadhanJ dog or fighter.
Maher, Meagher (meachor) hospitality.
Mahon (mathgabhuin) Mahoney, bear
like.
Mannion, Manning (moinin) wealthy,
little man.
May, Mea (maith) a chief, noble.
McAuliffe (amhalgaieth) like an osier.
McGrath fcraith) a weaver.
Meehan (maothan) tender.
Melody (maolandidh) armor.
Moran, multitude (mor) great.
Mulcahy (maol-catha) battle servant,
warrior.
Mulvaney (maol fona) servant of wine.
Mullen, Moylan (maolin) little bald one.
Marlborough, Morrow (muir-chu) sea
hound
McNulty (mac-an- Ultaigh) son of u
Mulvey (mulmhaigh) conical bag.
Murray (muireadhaigh) sea protector;
commoner in Scotland
Neil Champion very common in Ayr
shire.
seullv. Skelly (scioIaigh) schooIkeeper.
Sisa.siry (seanlaoch) old hero.
(Mc)Sherry, Sharry, Serry (searraigh) a
colt.
Teirnan, Kiernan? (tighernain) master.
Toomey, Twomey (tuim, like belong
ing 10 the dixie.
Tracy, Treacy (treassach) the third
child.
Tully (thelligh) flood. Anglicized in
Leinster, Flood? Flood Floyd.
The act of the Irish Parliament, Ed
ward ~, A. d. 1865, ordained (for pur-
poses Of Identification that every Irish
man dwelling betwiXt or among English
in the counties of Dublin, Meath. Uriel
Il. e., Louthl, and kildare, should take
an English surname of a town, color.
art or office. This was the Pale, in which
the English then held strip about so
by 20 miles. But it is sometimes repre-
sented by Irish writer's as though the
English forced tho uvnn oil IroIon3