8 801\U: ANGLlClSED i::lURNA:llES lN JRELAND. Brabazon.-This Norman name has been assumed by some of the Brollaghans in Co. Cavan (O'Brolchain;. The na111e of Brabazon was settlecl early in' the couIJtics of Louth and Meath, and the Earls of l\Ieath bore 1 he name a" l:laron Brabazon of Ardee, by which their ancestor, Sir 8dwanl Brabazon, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland in 16Hi. 'l'he Brabazons of Cavan should rcassu111p their old Irish surname of 0 'Brollaghan. See Bradly. Baxter.-The name in Ulster and i::lcotland is the anglicised form of l\rnc A 'Bhacstair, a sept of the :M cl\lillans. Com111011 in Perthshire.- '' Son of the Bake!'.'' Benson.-Benson has been assumed by solllc ol' the .M' Gildea sept in Co. Leitrim (.Mac Giolla-De), and .Managhnn (<V:llanach3,jn) in Co. Mayo. Boar.-Some of the name of l\lcCullagh in .:>forth •'ligo have as- . sumed the name of Boar, reckoning that the name was derived from Cullach, a boar. Dr. l\fcBain in his '' Etymological Dictionary" doesn't make the derivation of the Galloway name, McCulloch, plain enough to confirm us that it is derived from Cullach. The Tecognised form amongst Irish writers of the present 1la.y is Mac Con-l'ladh- "The Son of the Hound of Ulster.' ' :lfr Annulla, J'IJ r .\.nna lly, and Menally in Ulster are form~ of Mac Con-Uladh, as also is the l\JcFarlane sept in Dumbarton. i.<'.. :lrdnall~-. Burns.-This narne in Ulster, particularly in Co. Down. is the ang-licisecl form of l\JcBrin and :lieBrinn, in the districts of Kilkeel and 1\foira, in Gaelic :lrac Broin, earlic>s ::\far Conbroine, or l\rac Conboirne. Sonw of the 0 'Byrnps tlrnt came to Ulster at tl10 beginning of the 17th centur.'' liaYe anglicised their name Burns, or it "·ns <'lone for them, likewise the l\rcBurneys and McBirne;vs (l\foc Biornaigh). a Gaelic sept in Dumfries County, hav(' in many cases anglicisP<l their name to Burns. Bywater.-This is the anglicised form of Rtrohnn<> (0 'Sruth:iin) in Co. Waterford and adjoining counties. Blessing.-Blessing is the anglicisNl form n~sumNl h~' some of th<' l\fulvenerty sept (0 'l\Iaoilbheanarhta ). Caulfield.-The other forms of this nnme in Trclnncl. particularly in Fister are ColfiC'ld anrl Cawfield, the latter nam!' being· genernlly pronounc<>d Cawfield in the counti!'s of Arma'!h anc'I Tyron<'. The name Caulfield is th<' family nam!' of the F.arls of Charlemont, nna n~ fnr ns m~- rP~PnrchPs have gone I ran 't
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