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Irish surnames explained - the meaning behind the top ten clan names
Irish Central ^ | November 19, 2013 | ANTOINETTE KELLY

Posted on 11/23/2013 6:58:14 AM PST by NYer

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1 posted on 11/23/2013 6:58:14 AM PST by NYer
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To: SunkenCiv

Fascinating, ping!


2 posted on 11/23/2013 6:58:44 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: NYer

What about O’Bama?


3 posted on 11/23/2013 7:00:25 AM PST by dfwgator (Fire Muschamp.)
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4 posted on 11/23/2013 7:00:48 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: NYer

This article compels me to relate an 18th century joke: “Why did God invent the wheel barrow?” Answer: “To teach Irishmen to walk on their hind legs!” -Dr. Samuel Johnson


5 posted on 11/23/2013 7:05:14 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: dfwgator

“What about O’Bama?”
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This name stems from an old Gaelic word meaning “he who is not what he seems”.


6 posted on 11/23/2013 7:06:23 AM PST by House Atreides ( D)
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To: dfwgator
"What about O’Bama?"

The history of that one has mysteriously been deleted.

7 posted on 11/23/2013 7:07:26 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: dfwgator
What about O’Bama?

Usurping kenyan bastard.

8 posted on 11/23/2013 7:12:58 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: dfwgator

You mean Barry 0’Cades? No relations admitted on either side.


9 posted on 11/23/2013 7:13:15 AM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: NYer

My name is there. I’m always proud to be Irish, I tell the kids that too.


10 posted on 11/23/2013 7:13:28 AM PST by jocon307
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To: dfwgator

Black Irish.


11 posted on 11/23/2013 7:16:58 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...

For the Irish among you, ping!


12 posted on 11/23/2013 7:18:01 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: NYer
I'm curious about the origin of the Irish name Fitzgerald.
It didn't make the list.
13 posted on 11/23/2013 7:21:03 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: NYer

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4wjBdOOGaHE/TdjwXXiNrXI/AAAAAAAABSU/sdVbUIIdoYw/s400/orly_155.jpg


14 posted on 11/23/2013 7:21:59 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: BluH2o

Neither did Paterson.


15 posted on 11/23/2013 7:22:37 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: BluH2o

You heard about the first Irish Gay Wedding....

Patrick Fitzgerald married Gerald Fitzpatrick.


16 posted on 11/23/2013 7:22:40 AM PST by dfwgator (Fire Muschamp.)
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To: House Atreides

I my household it means- He who must not be named


17 posted on 11/23/2013 7:23:56 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: dfwgator

Good one!


18 posted on 11/23/2013 7:24:12 AM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: rktman
Black Irish.

We black irish resemble that remark!

19 posted on 11/23/2013 7:24:51 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: NYer
I'm in the top 100.

I know, big deal...

5.56mm

20 posted on 11/23/2013 7:26:05 AM PST by M Kehoe
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