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Re: "Delaney" is not an English name...Nor French!!!
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/history/ossory.htmIf they want to be French let them eat cake.
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I'm sure that your Delaney family is Irish, but that doesn't mean all Delaneys are Irish or even would want to be. :)
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Thank you for that, Mr. Evans. You are beginning
to understand the real issue here.
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They can be purely Irish, but the Delaney form is Norman. Another thing is the Dubhslaine/Dubslaine form.Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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