Anyone looking for surname histories might also want to check out this site: http://www.goireland.ie/Genealogy The Surnames of Ireland by MacLysaght states that GAVIGAN / GAVAGAN are forms of the names GEOGHEGAN and GUIGAN and the above site does have histories of Geoghegan and (Mac)Guigan. ----------Pam W. > > > At 06:44 PM 6/27/98 -0400, you wrote: > >If anyone has a copy or has access to a copy of the book "Irish > >Surnames" by Wolf, would you kindly check out the surname GAVAGAN for > >me? I've been pounding away at this for three years and have come up > >empty. Any tidbit at all would be welcome. I don't know what name it > >originally came from or is most closely linked to; I don't know its > >ancient name, and I don't know from which county in Ireland it sprang. > >In short, I know nothing. Any information would be wonderful. "Irish > >Surnames" is a recent suggestion from an online friend. Thank you. > >Fran Weeks > > > > > >