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in reply to a message by mikheala
guess what i found! that mael as a name was actually used before the name mary in ireland. the high king of ireland in the time period of around 800- 860 was named mael sechnaill. so if maeili and mael are related names then this upports that the name molly has a meaning other than mary.
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I need to know if there’s been a consensus on this. As an very Irish Molly (I say this as someone aware of how many people in the world call themselves Irish and the many countries Irish people have settled etc, however I can’t seem to find anything but Irish for centuries haha) the idea that there’s potentially an EVEN older, root to Molly is exciting. It’s been about 19 years since this was left hanging. A lot has changed with the internet since 2009!! Hope all of the Molly historians on here are well.
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