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■Cinel. Kindred, race ; as Cinel Eoghain, the race of Eoghan. 



-Clann. Children, race ; as Clann Colmain. . 



■ Core, Corca. ' Race, progeny ; as Corca Duibhne. 



-Dal. Tribe, progeny ; as Dal Riada, Dal Araidhe. 



-Muinter. Family ; as Muintir Maoilmordha. 



-Siol. Seed ; as Siol Maoluidhir, preserved in the name of the 



territory of Shelmalier, Co. Wexford. 

 - Tealach. Family ; as Tealach Dunchada. 

 -Sliocht. Progeny ; as Sliocht Aedha Slaine. 

 9. — Ua. Grandson, plural Ui ; as O'Nial, Ui Neill. 

 10. — Mac. Son ; as Mac Cartach, &c, &c. 



Besides these prefixes there are other words to be found, especi- 

 ally before the names of territories, which have similar significations, 

 as aes, people ; fir, men; aicme, tribe; pobul, people; e.g., Aes 

 Greine, Fir Rois, Fir Arda, &c. Many other Irish names of tribes 

 are formed by the addition of terminations, such as raighe, aighe, 

 ne, acht, to the cognomens of their ancestors, as Caenraighe, Mus- 

 craighe, Mairtine, Comnaicne, Cia?iacht, Foghanacht. These are the 

 usual forms of the tribe names among the Attacotic families 

 enumerated in the Books of Lecan and Leinster. 



We find, also, that it was customary to form surnames by pre- 

 fixing the words Giolla or Mao I, both signifying servant, to the 

 names of saints, &c. We have, for instance, Giolla Patrick (now 

 Gilpatrick or Kilpatrick), Gil Christ (the servant of Christ), Gil 

 Kieran, Gil Colum, Gilmour (servant of Mary), Gil Rea, Gil 

 Aspucke (now Gillespie), servant of the bishop. Thus, also, we 

 have Mul Christ (servant of Christ), Mul Patrick, Mul Kieran, 

 Mul Colum (to be recognised in the various forms, Mulchallyn, 

 Mulholland, Malcolm, all meaning the servant of St. Columba). 

 Names like Mac Ilroy, Mac Ilwaine, Mac Ilveen, Mac Ilwrath, are 

 corrupted forms of Mac Gilroy, Mac Gilwaine, Mac Gilwrath, &c. 



In addition to the clan name, the chief of each tribe had 

 generally a distinct appellation. The name of his father, and some- 

 times that of his grandfather, was prefixed to his own, e.g., Lughair 

 Mac Lughaidh. Previous to the time of Brian Boru in the 10th 

 century this was the custom in name-giving. You will observe 

 from this that the tribe name was the only permanent one — and 

 that the name used by the chief changed with each changing 



