The Irish standard., 1901-10-26
Grand Patronymic of Roman Origin is NOT
Exclusively Applied to the
Natives of Erin.
And Neither is the Ridiculed Female Name
of Bridget Confined to the
Women of Ireland.

The revival of things Gaelic-lan-
guage, literature, art. etc.-in Ireland,
and, In a milder degree, elsewhere,
brings attention to the fact that the
present popular Christian names Of the
Irish are neither native nor national.
You may look in vain through the en-
tire roll Of Irish kings, princes. and
mobiles, from the founding of the Mile
sian dynasty several thousand years
before the birth Of Christ, down to the
'Flight of the Earls'-otherwise The
O'Neill and The O'Donnell-in A. d.
1907, without finding single Patrick,
Michael, Jeremiah, james, or Timothy
in the whole long list. The skeptical-
If such there be--can consult the His.
tories of Ireland" written by Kenting
O'Halloran, McGeohegan, McGec, and
1Iaverty for confirmation OF my state
mellt, says John Il. Finerty in the Chi
cago Citizen.
What, then, were the names of the
Irish kings and chiefs and clnnsmen
i'll ancient times-evcn after the nd
vent Of the Christian era?
Out Of a benlgnant desire not to IA
tiguc the eyes and Drai,ls of my non.
Gaelic readers, will omit the sll,,rr-
tluous cOns0nants ana give the deslx
nations phoneticalIy, as nearly as pos
siblc, as follows:
Mdan, Ailbc, Amandan, Angus, Brc-
sal, Brann, Brendnn, Brian, Calal, Ga
hir, Carbry, Calbacl, Capi, Core,
Cumara, Conary, Cola, Connor. Con-
gal, Conn, Cormac, Carlu,cll, Connln,
Colman, Callan, Columbia, Colgan, Cass,
Dallan, Daby, Donough, Dian, Dom,
Diarmld, Donal, Emma, Ere, Eric, En-
la, Nman, Eogan, Egna, Eliph, Elthne,
Eonclla, Fcrdach, Fergall, Fergus, Fe
Ian, Felin, Flann, Flneen, Finacta,
Forga, Fingal, Fere1ach, Nlntan, Fla
chra, Forga, Foran, Gabwln, Galcoycr,
Gilla, Gary, Gavan, Hcremon, Hugh,
lIcber, 1th Ne), Ir, Trial. Jarlath, Ke-
rim, Kennedy, Klaran, Killlan, Ken
ball, Kiar. Lactna, Leary, Levy, Loch-
IAN, Lurna, Lorcan. Maengal, Mani,
Mahon, Macconn, Moran, Murgall,
Murrough, Naly, Mall, Nichal, Oscar,
Olild, Osa, Ossian, Ranald, Randall,
Redmond, Roman, Rory, Ross, Seaghan
(Shane), Senach, Senan, Tiernan,
Taidge Tlghe) Torpa, Tobach, Tur-
Tough. Tuthall CrooahlD, Ullin, Usna,
and a host of Others
Those quoted, however, will serve
to show that Ireland, in spite of Nor.
man and Saxon occupation, remained
truly Irish until after the persecution
Of the Catholic clergy, which followed
the Reformation and drove thousands
OF young Irish aspirants for holy Or
dcrs to the continent Of Europe, where
they, because of their surroundings,
became more Roman than Irish. They
had plenty Of Irish saints to call their
people after-saints native to the soil
and with national names, but they
preferred to call the male children
Patrick, which is the English transla,
tion Of the Latin, Patrcius: Michael,
which is the national name of Russia;
James, jeremiah, Timothy. and so
forth-all Jewish or Biblical.
st. Columbia. st. Kieran, and st. Ke.
rim did probably as much for the cause
Of Christianity in Ireland as st. Pat
rick himself, but their names are rare
among the masculine Irish, whether
"gentle or simple" in this era. Such
omissions lead to the speedy denation-
alization Of race, no matter how te-
nacious of dts ancient forms.
In looking over King James Irish
army list have been able to find few
Patricks or Michaels, so that the COM
mon use Of foreign Christian names
could not have come into vogue much
before the middle of the eighteenth
century.
So, also, with the Christian names
of Irish women. History is not very
prolific Of them, but we find these scat