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Subject: Re: [R-M222] Birch
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:33:07 +1100
Hello Sandy,
MacLysaght may have been referring to:
Mac Giolla Domhnaigh, Padraig (1923). Some Anglicised surnames in Ireland. Dublin: The Gael Co-operative Society.
Damian
> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/22/2011 8:48:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> A far better genealogist than I am has suggested that McHarg may have
> derived from MacGiolla Chairge, and refers to the annals of Fernmag or
> Fernmaighe :
>
> For 1062, Ruaidri, mac Con Cairge, tanaisi Fernmhaighe
>
> In Scotland, McHarg is found mostly in the Galloway, Dumfries area,
> with a
> hot-spot in Kirkudbright (pronounced Kirkoobree).
>
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>
> MacLysaght has:
>
> Mac Harg - this Tryone name is an earlier form of Maharg. See
> MacIlhagga.
>
> MacIlhagga - Mac Giolla Chairge. This Gaelic form is given by Mac
> Gilla
> Domhnaigh. A Scottish name found in Cos. Antrim and Derry.
> MacElhargy,
> MacIlhargy and Maharg are variants of it.
>
> I'm not sure what he means by "The Gaelic form is given by...."
>
> Woulfe (Irish Names and Surnames) only has a listing for Macilhargy with
> a
> completely different derivation:
>
> Mac Giolla Fearga - MacIlhargy - doubtless a Leitrim surname but now
> extremely rare. [derived from the name of St. Fearga.
>
> Another source (A McClaughry family history) just says the name is a
> "Galloway surname."
>
>
> No much to go on here.
>
> I don't know about the Tanist of Fermanagh reference. That would apply
> to
> the era prior to the Maguire ascendancy. At the time the chieftainship
>
> was held by different lines of the same branch of the Irish Airgialla.
> Don't
> remember the particulars though.
>
>
> John
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