Thanks, Michael. It's a very interesting problem. More to come. Best, - Jerry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael O'Hearn Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 12:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] O'hAilche / O'Hally Jerry, Thanks for the historical and etymological help. (I hope I spelled that right!) This research is still a bit problematical. There were people listed in the Annals of the name Ailche prior to the Viking incursions. I have found a list of names representing old Irish names used as synonyms for similarly sounding Norse names. This is one such example. Secondly, I got the reference to Helgi the Bold from Saxo Grammaticus' History of Denmark so naturally, I assumed him to be Danish. In fact, he was born in Norway. That leads me to again conclude that Ailche was an ordinary Viking of Waterford or Tipperary circa 1000 AD when surnames came widely into use in Ireland. Michael O'Hearn ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- 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