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[quote=Anonymous]I posted previously about doing a lot of geneology and not finding any “Irish” names pretty far back. I believe that’s due at least in part to the English banning use of the Irish language in the 18th century. I don’t know if that ban extended to names but it probaby made less sense to use names in a language you weren’t allowed to use. Also, at least in the early 19th century, the church records were typically kept in Latin so even common names like Mary were recorded as Maria. It makes the research somewhat complicated. The dicussion of Oona has made me think of the name Nora, which was often nicknamed as Noona or Nano (like Nano nagle)—i wonder if that was a nod to the irish oona and if there were other irish names used as nicknames.[/quote]
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