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My Irish Surnames and Other Animals
A couple of weeks ago, we were travelling around County Mayo for a Green Room Feature, and we made our way into Matt Molloy’s bar for a little refreshment, as you do. Sitting at the bar, we were soon talking to a local schoolteacher by the name of John Salmon. While I won’t go into…
Read MoreAn Irish Placename Travels Abroad to the City of Baltimore.
If you were to pull out a map of your area this moment and have a look, how many places would you spot named after Irish villages, towns and counties? As you may have noticed, anywhere that the Irish – and other nationalities settled in numbers – they also brought along the names of their…
Read MoreThe Tribes of Ireland – Ireland at the Birth of Your Irish Surname.
In last week’s newsletter we introduced Turlough O’Connor – High King of Ireland up to 1156. If Turlough was in the habit of reading maps back at that time, he might look at his kingdoms through the lens of this map – showing the major Tribes of Ireland at his time. Now, let’s take a…
Read MoreDid your Family Live in an Irish Castle?
A couple of weeks ago, we were travelling around County Mayo for a Green Room Feature, and we made our way into Matt Molloy’s bar for a little refreshment, as you do. Sitting at the bar, we were soon talking to a local schoolteacher by the name of John Salmon. While I won’t go into…
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