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in reply to a message by Chrisell
GILPIN:
1. English: In the northeast, from the Gilpin river in Cumbria; in southern counties, probably a variant of Galpin.
2. Irish (Connacht): Reduced Anglicised form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fionn "son of the fair-haired lad". In Ulster, the name may be of northern English origin (see 1 above).
GALPIN:
1. English: Occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin "page"/"turnspit", in turn from galoper "to gallop".
I included Galpin for the sake of completeness only. Obviously, you're interested in the Irish derivation.
Source: http://snipurl.com/dg25.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
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1. English: In the northeast, from the Gilpin river in Cumbria; in southern counties, probably a variant of Galpin.
2. Irish (Connacht): Reduced Anglicised form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fionn "son of the fair-haired lad". In Ulster, the name may be of northern English origin (see 1 above).
GALPIN:
1. English: Occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin "page"/"turnspit", in turn from galoper "to gallop".
I included Galpin for the sake of completeness only. Obviously, you're interested in the Irish derivation.
Source: http://snipurl.com/dg25.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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