Browne — EthnograjDhy of the Mullet, Inishkea, 8f Portacloy. 617 



List of Surnames — continued. 





Number 





Number 



Surname. 



of 



Surname. 



of 





Families. 





Families. 



M'Cormack, 



1 



Neely, 



1 



M'Dennott, 





1 



O'Boy, 







1 



M'Donnell, 





6 



O'Donnell, . 







4 



M'Loughlin, 





1 



O'Mallen, . 







1 



M'Gintv, . . 





4 



O'Malley, . 







2 



M'Grath, .. 





5 



Pad den, 







16 



M 'Guinness, 





2 



Palmer, 







1 



M'Hale, . . 





4 



Philbin, 







3 



M'Intyre, .. 





3 



Quigley, . 







1 



M'Mannam, 





2 



EeiUy, 





■ i 27 1 



M'Namara, 





1 



Richards, 







1 



M'Neelv, . . 





1 



Ruane, 







5 



M'Niilty, .. 





3 



Ruddy, 







7 



Meenaghan, 





14 



Scanlon, 





2 



Monaghan, 





20 



Tighe, 





10 



Monnelly, 





4 



Togher, 





12 



Monghan, 





4 



ToUet, 





. ' 1 



Moran, 





1 



Toole, 





. '■ 2 



Mullaney, . . 





1 



Walker, 





1 2 



Murphy, 





9 



Walshe, 





! ! 10 



Murray, 





4 



^Va^d, 





. ! 1 



NaUon, 





2 



^YilLiams, . 







4 



Neary, 





1 



Wilson, 







4 



"While the original localities of some of these names are easily 

 traced, those of others are very obscure, and this for several reasons : 

 one of these is the anglicising of old Irish surnames, often into forms 

 bearing little or no resemblance to the original ; which here, as in 

 other parts of the country, has taken place to a very great extent : 

 a second is the hibernicising of the names and branches of Welsh and 

 Anglo-Norman families, e.g. M'Andrew, which has been adopted by 

 a branch of the Barretts : a third difficulty is the use by many of the 

 people of double surnames, one employed when speaking Irish, the 

 other in speaking English ; thus, Togher is anglicised Swift. 



The following names are traceable, either by tradition, or by his- 

 torical evidence. 



(a.) The ancient surnames of the territory (Hy Piachrach), in which 

 this district was included, still persist to a large extent, though in 

 altered forms ; and all the principal of these now extant, as far as 



