The Irish surname MacArtain became, in English, MacCartan, or sometimes Carton. This is an example of the error often found with Mac names beginning with a vowel, where the letter 'c' of Mac was carried forward to form the start of the name proper (i.e. – MacCann, MacCoy etc.)....
Manannan, the God of the Sea, was usually called Manannan Mac Lir. The English equivalent of “Mac Lir” is actually “the Son of God.” That is why confusion has always risen with those two names. Despite Manannan’s significance, he rarely appeared in any of the tales. However, tha...
Anyone looking for Irish names for girls starting with ‘w’, ‘v’, ‘y’ or ‘x’ will be disappointed – these letters are either very rarely or never used in Ireland and therefore no such names exist. Macha Say:mock-ah A Goddess or Queen of Irish myth, associated with battle and ...
Milligan wrote and edited many books, including Puckoon (1963) and a seven-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971). He also wrote comical verse, with much of his poetry written for children,...
Irish surnames followed the same pattern of most surnames in the world, beginning with referring to oneself as the son or daughter of their father or mother. This was the most common type of surname, and usually, the first one developed when a nation began to adopt them, followed...
Frost has alarmed Dublin in beginning to march to the drumbeat of militant unionism, setting an unofficial deadline for agreement with Brussels at the beginning of the North’s marching season, July 12th Thu May 20 2021 - 00:05 The Irish Times view on corporate tax: Momentum for change Cor...
Ava is from one of two origins: either it's a form of Eve/Eva, in which case you could use the Irish for Eve, which is:Eábha/AW va/ or /YAW va/ orÉabha/AY uh va/. This last one would probably work best. Ava was also a pet form of names beginning with the German prefix...
the country with one of the fastest growing gambling industries in Europe,we have prepared a timetable with the most significant gambling events in Irish history.In it, you can follow the process from its very beginning in the 1800s until the legalisation of the online gambling industry in ...
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Beginning in the late twentieth century, however, there has been a movement by some toward the Republican Party. ARMED FORCES The Irish, either as regulars or as volunteers, have served in all of America's wars. They fought with distinction in the Revolutionary War, most siding with ...