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Help[Surname] Sean.....a favour of your Irish surname book :o)
in reply to a message by Sean Foglai
Thanks for the help on Plenderleith Sean.
Could I ask for a look up in your Irish surname book for GARGIN ( possibly a mis-spelling of GARGAN).
I am wondering if this is a Galway surname?
many thanks
Could I ask for a look up in your Irish surname book for GARGIN ( possibly a mis-spelling of GARGAN).
I am wondering if this is a Galway surname?
many thanks
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My book has the following:
Gargan: fairly numerous: Midlands, etc. Ir. Ó Geargáin, gearg = fierce. Originally of Breifne and also occurring as Mac Geargáin.
Breifné seems to encompass present day Leitrim ... but that's close enough to Galway ...
Gargan: fairly numerous: Midlands, etc. Ir. Ó Geargáin, gearg = fierce. Originally of Breifne and also occurring as Mac Geargáin.
Breifné seems to encompass present day Leitrim ... but that's close enough to Galway ...
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On looking at it again ...it might have some cognates with other "Gar" names which in Germanic languages means 'spear' ...just a thought ...'spear' would seem to be on the same wavelength as 'fierce' ...
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