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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 [b]the name Nora, which was often nicknamed as Noona or Nano (like Nano nagle)[/b]—i wonder if that was a nod to the irish oona and if there were other irish names used as nicknames.[/quote]

I think you’re a bit off there.   I’ve never heard of either as a nickname for Nora (and there are three generations of Nora’s and Noreen’s in my family), and it appears that Nano was a nickname for Anne.   http://www.rootsireland.ie/help/first-names/[/quote]

Nano Nagle was a very fanous Irishwoman of the 18th century.  Her given name was Honore, which is the source of the name Nora (Nora short for Honore or Honora sometimes also spelled Hanora).  There were a lot of girls named after her in Southern Ireland in the 19th century.  I also know for a fact of Noona being used at least sometimes as a nickname for Hanora in the 19th century.  Nan was often a nickname for Anne throught the English speaking world and Nano also.  This list also lists Onnie and Nonie as nicknames for Honore:
http://www.rootsireland.ie/help/first-names/
Its kind of an interesting list of common Irish names from the 19th century along with nicknames.
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