36 SOME ANGLICISED SURNAMES IN IRELAND. Kay.-This II ame is of Gaelic ongm in the I.0.111. and is found commonly in Lancashire and Cheshire, and in the large manufacturing districts surrounding Liverpool and Manchester. It is the equivalent of the Scottish sept names MacKay and MacKie, and is found in various forms, namely, Kaye, Keye, Key, Kee, Kie, and Quay, the latter form being the most common in the I.O.M. In Gaelic Mac Aoidh. Kennedy.-This name in N.E. Ulster is of Scottish origin, in Gaelic Mac Ceanadaiflh, according to Dr. McBain, who derives it from the Irish Ceinneidigh, ugly head. This Scottish sept belonged to Ayrshire, the North part of Galloway, and the name is found in Argyle and Inverness. The McKennedys were formerly Lords of Bargany in Ayr. and Earls of Carrick. The family name of the Earls of Casselis was Kennedy. Wm. Buchanan says the McKennedys were originally descended from the once potent surname ''of the Mac Kennedys of Ireland.'' Keyse.-This is the Americanised form of 0 'Casey. Kermode.-According to Moore, the Manx historian, this name is a form of McDermott (Mac Dearmuida) in the I.O.M. Kermeen.-This name in the I.O.M. was earlier written Mac Heremon, according to Moore, and is the Manx equivalent to Irwin, Erwin, and Curwin, the latter being a Cumberian form. In Gaelic Mac Eireamh6in. Leishman.-Mac Giolla-Iosa. See Gillies. Lukes, Lucas.-These two names in Ulster and the West of Scotland are anglicised forms of MacLucais, a Clan Lamond sept. The I.O.M. form is Clucas, the "Ma" of "Mac" dropped. Lang, Laing.--These two names in Kintyre and the Province of Galloway are the anglicised forms of a sept of the McDonalds in Kintyre called 0 'Loynachan, changing the name in the 18th century. Love, Lovie.-These two names are the anglicised forms of both Irish and Scottish septs. In the first case Love, in North Connacht, is -the anglicised form of 0 'Gara. Secondly, both names are the anglicised forms of M' Kinnon, the Scottish sept name, and are found in Ulster and Scotland. The M' Kinnons, or as the name is written in Gaelic, l\fac Fhionghuinn, were located in Mull. The name
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