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From: SeanRuad~< >
Subject: Re: Anastasia - Irish Name?
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:02:41 GMT


ZTomMc () wrote:
: According to my Grandfather's death certificate, I have a great grandmother
: named Anastasia McCarthy who lived in Cork Ireland in the mid-1800s.

: Is/was Anastasia a common name in Ireland? I know Anastasia was a Catholic
: Saint from the 4th century, but certainly not a well known one these days.
:

the Irish-Gaelic personal name Annsta's was originally introduced into
Ireland by the Anglo-Normans - it's from the Latin "Anastasia" and the
Greek "ana'stasis" = resurrection, a name given by the early Christians
to the newly baptized, to signify that they had arisen to a new life -

regards, SeanRuad~ *{;-)

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