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Subject: Re: [R-M222] NPE Frequency
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:18:56 EST


In a message dated 11/30/2008 7:38:27 A.M. Central Standard Time,
writes:

A connection to Bretagne would probably help the thread in pinpointing one
of the European M222s to a time and place that may be able to help some of
them with their ancestors or perhaps even a starting point for the M222 itself
(yeah I know, blasphemy). This little monastery town in Brittany is some 1400
years old.


That might not be so far fetched, Steve. About a year ago I was researching
the Lominech surname and found that the original form was actually Latin -
Locmenagh = Locus Monachorum, "the place of the monks". The older name was
Moriacum. It is now called Locmine and lies a few miles to the east of Vannes.

Locminé (Breton: Logunec'h) is a small market town in Brittany in France,
located in the Morbihan département.

Widipedia has:

Locminé (Lominoec en gallo et Logunec'h en breton) est une commune
française, située dans le département du Morbihan et la région Bretagne.


I'm not sure what that really means except that the the name is not derived
from a Celtic source. It's a contraction of the Latin "locus" for "place."
Therefor there is no need to look for similar derivations from Irish words.

The similarities can be uncanny.

There is a townland in Ireland called Lomaunaghroe, in Irish, Lománach
Ruadh, translation, the red bare land (Parish of Clonbern, Galway). Its bounded on
the west by Leamanaghbaun, which I suppose means the white bare land.
Apparently there is at least one other townland of the same name in Co. Cork
(Cooleenlamane, Cuilin Lomanach (bare remote place).

The Wikipedia entry states the name Locmine is Lominoec in French.


John













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