50 SOl\IE ANGLlClSED SURNAMES lN IRELAND. O'Docharty.-'rhis sept name belongs to the old Thanes of Cawdor. We find a Donald 0 'Dochartie in Islay in 1629. Oats, Oates, Otes.-All these three names arc the anglicised forms of Quirk..tO'Cuirc), from Coircc, oats. Oaks.-This name is the angliciscJ form of Darragh and Darroch, a Scottish name in Antrim and in the West of Scotland, and of l\IcDara, a name found in Southern Ulster; from dair, an oak. See Darragh. Patterson, Paterson, Patison, Pattenson, Patson.-These names are the various forms of three sept names, namely, Mac Giolla-Phaclraic, Mac Phaidraig, and Mac Phadcirean; the first becoming M' IIpatrick in Antrim and Down. The last mentioned name, Mac Phadeirean, belonged to the district of Carrie~ in Ayrshire; also written Mac Phaterain, son of little Patrick. The Argyle sept was Mac Giolla- Phadraic above referred to, and was a ·bfanch of the l\IcAulays (Mac Amhlaidh). M' Phedric is a form of one of the sept names, ..\IcFeat and l\Iac Phater being other forms; the latter forms being Mac Phaidraig. Families of the name of l\IcPhedric were in Co. Antrim in the 18th century. Paul.-This name in Scotland and North-Eastern parts of Ulster is the anglicised form of M'Phail (Mac Ph6il), and in Donegal and Western Derry the anglicisecl form of 0 '}faolfabhail. Its other forms are l\IcFall and McFaul in .\.ntrim and Down. In the Eastern part of Scotland its anglicised forms are l\1:' Fyall and Fyall. Polson.-This name is anglicised form of a J\IaeKay sept; in Gaelic Mac Ph6il. Philipson., Philips, Philps.-Somc of the J\I' Killops, a McDonald sept, have changed their name to Philipson, etc.; in GaelitJ Mac Fhilib. Pigeon.-This name is the anglicised form of both a Scottish and Irish sept name. The Scottish name was assumed by n. branch of the McCalman sept (Mac Calm:lin); the name in Gaelic being Mac Coluim. In the districts about Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, the l\1:' Guigans, in may cases, have assumed the name of Pigeon. (Mac Guaigin). Plover.-This name is the anglicised form of Phelbin and J\IcPhilbin (Mac Filibin) in Northern Connncht.
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