Eileen, This makes sense of things. I have a Peggy(Margaret) McDonald married to Peter Sinclair, living in Ardchattan. It is McDonald on her children's marriage certificates, but on her death certificate in 1864,(I'm now pretty sure this is the same person as everything ties in) her name is Margaret McIlriach. Interesting! Thanks for your info. Sheila. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen" <eileen@j51.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 07 November 2002 19:03 Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] McIlreach > Sheila: > > I have an Archibald McIlleriaich who used Archibald McDonald after Culloden. > Gaelic was forbidden, so those keeping records often entered both names. > > Eileen > > > Re the subject of Gaelic names changing, can anyone help with the name > McIlreach,MacIllreach,McIlriach or other spellings? This name seems to have > died out in the Lorn area of Argyll. Does anyone know if it could have been > changed to something else? > > > > Regards, > > > > Sheila. > > > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > > ***************************************************************** > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Argyll is the > > GenConnect board for Argyll > > > > > > ______________________________