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in reply to a message by "Bagpus"
Mac Giolla Fionn is an Irish surname meaning "Son of the Servant of Fionn" (Mac = Son, Giolla = servant). c/f the origins of Gilroy (click hyperlink).
♦ Chrisell ♦
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Chrisell - could the name be "Gilpin" and not Gilroy?
"If you never ask, then you'll never know"
what does this mean? what does that mean....
"If you never ask, then you'll never know"
what does this mean? what does that mean....
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I'm not sure what you mean . . .
"c/f" means "compare with" - what I was saying was that "Mac Giolla Fionn" is very similar to "Mac Giolla Ruaidh", the origins of Gilroy, and that that is how I drew my conclusions about the meaning. I don't know anything about Gilpin, I've never heard of it.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
"c/f" means "compare with" - what I was saying was that "Mac Giolla Fionn" is very similar to "Mac Giolla Ruaidh", the origins of Gilroy, and that that is how I drew my conclusions about the meaning. I don't know anything about Gilpin, I've never heard of it.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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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
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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.
"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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