SOME ANGLICISED SURNAMES IN IRELAND. 25 Gilson.-This name is one of the anglicised forms of l\~ cGilsenan (Mac Giolla-Sheanain) a Co. Fermanagh sept who occupied 'rirkennedy in that county. Glasgow.- This name in Ulster is one of the anglicised forms of ~f' Cluskey (Mac Bhloscaidhe), a sept of the 0 'Kanes of Derry. Gordon.-This name has been assumed by an Irish sept called M' Gournaghan (Mac Guarnachain) in Co. Mayo, and McGournosan in the districts surrounding Downpatrick, Co. Down, written also in Gaelic as above. Green.- There are several Irish Sept Names which have been anglicised Green. 0 'Greine was a Co. Meath sept; 0 'Glaisnigh a Co. Monaghan sept; and l\fcAlasher and McAlesher a Co. Fermanagh sept, have anglicised their names Green, the latter in the districts of Irvinestown and Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. The l\IcGlashens in the districts of Burt, Co. Derry, and in Xilmacrenan, Co. Donegal, have anglicised the name Green. 'rhe name McGlashen is one of Scottish origin, and, according to Dr. McBain, is a side form of the sept name ;\fac Gille-ghlais, its form in Scottish Gaelic. It may be here stated that many septs from the Scottish Isles and from Argyle and Kintyre settled at an eal'ly period in Derry and Donegal, apart from the many septs that came to Antrim with the McDonnells. Green is the anglicised form of 0 'Hoonin and 0 'Honeen (0' h-Uaithnin) in Tipperary and :'.Hayo; O'Hooney (0' h-Uaithnigh) in Cork; Fahy (O'Fathaigh) in Co. Galway; in Co. Kerry we have Uaithne, and in Roscommon we have Glas; the first being the Irish for Teal green, aml the second for grey-green; and it is very probable that in these two cases the names may be nicknames of some branch of a sept. l\'fcGlashen (Mac Glaisin or Mac Glasain) is also the Gaelic of Green in the Northern parts of Orghiall, and its other form, :Mac Giollaghlais, in most of Western Ulster, that is McAlasher. Giles in Co. Louth is the anglicised form of 0 'Glaisin. Gow.-This name is the anglicised form of MacGobha. Septs of the name belonged to the Mcintoshes, McPhersons. and McDonalds. The Jl,f cPherson sept most all anglicised the name Smith. According to Lower in his work on British· SurnameR, he says ''The Gows were so numc>Tous in Scot· land at one perioo that they bid fair to outnumber the English Rmiths." Thnt rnn 't he Rnio now. as the Scottish Gows forget their Gaelic origin, in most cases have assumed the English name
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