I found an email at one time on one of these mailing lists that said there is a pattern that was followed when the Irish were naming their children. Later, however, someone else had another one listed, similar, but different. I can send it to you if you would like it. But there is a ring to them, only you cannot depend on every relative to follow them. My great-grandfather never even came close to following it. (He was off the boat, too!) Maryanne Shannon: rshannon@txdirect.net ---------- > From: Tlblackmn@aol.com > To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FIANNA-L] Irish Naming Patterns > Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 4:11 PM > > Hi- > I have a question concerning Irish names. One obscure (and rarely > believed) family story suggests my ancestor was orphaned as a child in > Dublin. In looking at the names he and his wife later give their children > (beginning in the 1840s), and comparing them to the names I've recently > found for the wife's family, it appears they may have named them after > HER parents, siblings, etc. > My question then is, was the custom of naming their children after > other BLOOD relatives strong enough back then that they would have rejected > any names-out-of-a-hat, or names of significant non-family members in > the husband's life? > This may seem trivial, but depending on the significance of names, > it could help me determine if he really was orphaned. > Thanks for any musings, > Tracie > > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > Visit both these pages > Fianna favorite sites > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner***Thank You Chirho! > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only! > > > >