Anglicised Surnames

SO:MB A~GLICISED SURNAMES IN IHELA~ D. 51 Powell.-The nalllc is the anglicised form of Guilfoyle and Gilfoyle (Mac Giolla-Ph6il) in the districts about Tulla. The name Powell itself is Welsh, from Ap ,•Howell, another form being Hoyle. Prentice, Prunty.-Thesc two names, common to the County of Armagh, arc the anglicised forms of the sept name 0 'Pronntaigh, and I believe the name is of Pictish origin. Another form is Bron tc. Proudman·.-The name is the anglicised form of O'Dempsey (O'Diomasaigh) and }['Gimpscy (:Mac Dhiomasaigh), the latter name being colllmon in North County Down, from diomas, proud. Priestly.- This name is the anglicised form of the Co. Galway sept name 0 'f::lagartain, and the name is confused with Preston, the. Cheshire anll Lancashire name, and \l·ith Prestrc, a French name. Quaggin.-Tl1is name is the 1.0.:M. form of 11' Guigan. · This 11ame goes under various anglicised forms, namely, \Veggin in the I.O.l\L; .I.I' Quiggan in Galloway, also M' \Yiggin, and M' Guiggin in Ulster. The Gaelic form of the first forms given is 1[a0 'Giginn, the form of the latter name is Mag Uiginn. Quayle, Quaile.-Thesc two names rtrc the anglicised forms of the Scottish name l\I' Phail (:i\fac Ph6il) found in the 1.0.:'.\I. Quinney.-This name in the LO.:'.!. is the nnglicised form of the Galloway names ~Ia\l·hinney, )fewhinney, and :M'Whinney, in Gaelic :Hae Chonnigh; a form also of Mac Kenzie. 1f'Weency and :'.L'Kinm'y in TTlstcr arc other forms. Quigg.-'rhiR name in Ulster is an nngliciS('d form of Quigky (0 'Coigligb). The other nnglicised forms of Quigley are PivPy ancl Twiggley. <~<] Quay.-This name is the anglicisc>d form of :'.facKay in the Isle of l\fan. The name is more common than its other form Kay. It is written ~f' Quay in Ulster nntl in Galloway; in Gaelic l\J nc Aoir1h. 8ee Kny. Quarry.- This name is the :rnglicised form of )f'Qnnrric in the 1.0.M". It is written Qunrrie in Rcotland nrnl pnrts of N.E. Ulster; in Gaelic Mac Guair<'. Quilliam.-This name is the anglicised form of ?\[cWilliamR, the Dumbarton Co. sept. The Scottish forms of thr name are

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