SOME ANGLICISED SURNAMES IN IRELAND. 45 Meer.-This name is the Americanised form of 0 'Meagher (0 'Meachair). Makin.-This name in the I.O.M. is the anglicised form of Mac Cuinn. Makinson.-'l'his name in the I.O.M. is related to the Galloway sept name McMicking. Maghery.-This name is very scarce, its Gaelic form being 0 'Maolmochairghe. It has been anglicised Early in Northwest Ulster. See Early. Megaw, Magaw.-These two names are the anglicised forms of Mag Adhamh. The other forms of the name are M' Gaw . f"! ~ r:?::.1 r and M' Gaw. This name is found inostly in Galloway and in N.E. Ulster. The name has about 9 other anglicised forms. Meharg, Maharg.-These two names are the shortened anglicised forms of Mcilhargy. Other forms are Mcilharg and McElhargy; in Gaelic the name is written Mac Giolla-Chairge, and is ·mostly found in Galloway and in Ulster, particularly in S.E. Derry. Mehaft'y.-This name is one of the numerous anglicised forms of the Scottish sept name Mac Dhuibh-shithe who were located in Colonsay for generations up to the beginning of the Seventeenth Century, when the clan was scattered, many passing over into Ulster. The name is variously anglicised, namely: Mac Duffie, Duffie, McAfee, McFee, McPhee, McPhie McFie, M' Haffie, M' Haffy, M' Covvie, M' Covie, M' Guffie, M' Guffog, J\fcA:ffcr, and M' Caffer; the four latter forms being found in Galloway. The most of the forms given are found in Ulster, and considering the number of the sept. we find under the various forms, it must number a large sept. Morrison, Morison.- Thcse two names are the anglicised forms of two septs in Argyle and the Western Isles. · The first sept of Morrison and Morison were known as the Clann Mhic Gille-Mhoire. This sept occupied Lewis and Harris; the Lewis sept being Hereditary Breatheamhs or Judges of that Island for generations; the Harris sept being Hereditary Armourers and Smiths. The name of these septs in Gaelic is written J\fac Gillc-Mhoire in the Scots' dialect of that language. The other Morrison scpts were located in Argyle, one in Glengarry, who fought under the McDonalds; the other sept being Standard-bearers to the McLeans of Duart. The Gaelic form of the latter septs is 0 'J\foireasdan, ear-
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