The Surnames of Ireland

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.4209415 EAN: 9780716523666 ISBN: 0716523663 Label: Irish Academic Press Manufacturer: Irish Academic Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 314 Publication Date: 1991-06 Publisher: Irish Academic Press Studio: Irish Academic Press
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Poor Antrim County Comment: an excellent book in general, but a very short on native Irish Antrim county names; sometimes confusing them with Hebridean Scottish ones. And God help you if you have an obscure Irish name.. it will not be there. Customer Rating: Summary: Poor Antrim County Comment: an excellent book in general, but a very short on native Irish Antrim county names; sometimes confusing them with Hebridean Scottish ones. And God help you if you have an obscure Irish name.. it will not be there. Customer Rating: Summary: The Definitive Work Comment: I have used this book repeatedly for my personal studies of Irish Gaelic. It is the definitive work on the subject. It goes so far as to indicate modern (often shortened) Gaelic spellings alongside of the originals so that a name's devivation is evidant. So too are inventions (ie. late-Norman) and borrow-names (ie. Nordic or English) indicated. What did not make it here, appears in the suppliment More Irish Names. Definately not for researchers of their family history (try McLoughlin), but rather the study of the nominclature, the Irish language, or entomology. Customer Rating: Summary: Lots of names - Little information Comment: There are a lot of names here, but very little information - only one sentence on my family, which I already knew. I expected more information or at least a source to go to for more background. OK for generic research only for rare names. Customer Rating: Summary: Great starting point for Irish surname research Comment: If you are looking for a detailed family history, this is not the book for you. But it does list thousands of surnames found in Ireland along with three or four lines summarising origin and location. It also includes many rare and exotic sounding names which you will not find in any other book. This book is a starting point only and the serious researcher should also have "Irish Families" and "More Irish Families" by the same author if he is looking for detailed information. More Reviews