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	Irish First Names

Moonowler

6-30-2007 4:04 AM

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17th-century, 18th-century, ancestry, culture, medieval

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7-1-2007 9:27 PM

righthand

More interesting for the ladies is the use of Ni instead of Mc Mac or O denoting a male child as against a daughter.

Even more interesting were the Brehon Laws.

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