Riobard, This is very helpful! Thanks so much! Susan On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Riobard O' Dwyer wrote: > For those who wish to delve further into the varius kinds of Christian > names, I will give you the following: > For instance with the surname O'Sullivan, you have Mag Mick (O'Sullivan) = > Margaret the daughter of Michael (O'Sullivan); Jer Tade = Jeremiah the son > of Timothy; Doncha Mort = Denis the son of Mortimor; Rodgie Roger = Roger > the son of Roger; Katty Phadraig = Catherine the daughter of Patrick; Mike > John Daniel = Michael the son of John the son of Daniel; Quin Mag Jack = > Quinlan the son of Margaret the daughter of John; Seamus Thaidhg = James > the son of Timothy; Johnny Jude Eoin = John the son of Julia the daughter > of Eugene; Doncha Murt = Denis the son of Mortimor; Paddy Silvy = Patrick > the son of Silvester. With the Surname O'Connell you have Tom Maggie = > Thomas the son of Margaret. With the surname Hampston you have Jim Robin= > James the son of Robert. With the surname Lynch you have Michael Mike = > Michael the son of Michael. With the surname Harrington you have Pat Tim > Paddy= Patrick the son of Timothy the son of Patrick; Vincie Jer Denny= > Vincent the son of Jeremiah the son of Denis; Tade Philly= Timothy the son > of Philip. With Crowley you have Jeremiah Con Jer = Jeremiah the son of > Cornelius the son of Jeremiah; Richard Pats Curly= Richard the son of > Patrick the son of Cornelius. With McCarthy you have Johanna Duneen = > Johanna the daughter of Denis. With Lynch you have Michael Mike = Michael > the son of Michael. Wth O'Shea you have Patsy Mike Tady = Patrick the son > of Michael the son of Timothy; Paddy Duin Mhicil = Patrick the son of Denis > the son of Michael. With Murphy you have the long Christian name of Joe > Quin Donal Partalan = Joseph the son of Quinlan the son of Daniel the son > of Bartholomew. Alot of the Christian names are Rodgie = Roger; Philly = > Philip; Duin = Denis; Robin = Robert; Partalan (pronounced like Pawrtalawn) > = Bartholomew; Silvy = Silvester. And that's the way by which people were > often known in Beara in the olden days. > * ----- Riobard. (by the way, Riobard is the Gaelic for Robert.. Robert is > the Christian name of my uncle, the eldest son of his family. My name is > Robert [I am the eldest son of my family]. My eldest son is Bobbie, > and his eldest > son is Robert).*. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Susan Twomey 319 Howard Heights Rd Eureka, CA 95503 tel 707-444-2522