SOME ANGLICISED SURNAMES IN IRELAND. 55 of County Cavan sept, a branch of the Clan Rury, another branch of this sept occupying the East of Co. Down. The Co. Cavan sept name as anglicised Smith is common in the Parishes of Lavey, Laragh and Killinkere in that County; in Gaelic Mac Gobhainn. The Co. Donegal sept is found all over Co. Tyrone, part of Armagh and Fermanagh, under the name of Smith; M' Cona to Smith in Innishowen; Magough to same in North Sligo. In the districts of Enniskillen and the Moy and Blackwatertown, in Armagh, the names Goan and Goane are changed to Smith (0 'Gabhann). ln the district about Cootehill, Co. Cavan, we find the name Gow (MacGobha) is also changed to Smith. This name, Gow, was extremely common all over Scotland well into the 19th century, and is still in parts of Perthshire and Inverness-shire, and had its chance to run close to the English families of Smith, but within this last ninety years the majority of the Scottish Gows changed it to Smith, becomi.ng more English than the English themselves. 'l'he most notable personage in Scotland of that name was the famous Scottish Reel and 8trathspey musician, Nathaniel Gow. The correct form of Goan and Goane is 0 'Gabhann, ancl this sept name is of the 0 'Gavan sept that occupied the district of Anghabog, in South-West Monaghan. Savage.- This name is Gaelicised !Jae An Crnmhaire in N.E. Ulster. They came along with John De Courcy and they are of Norman origin, Le Secur Thomas clo Sauvage coming to England with the army of \Villiam the Conqueror. Soames.-This name is an anglicisecl form of M' Comish (Mac Thomais). Stocker.-This name is a shortened anglicised form of Mcinstocker and McStocker in Scotland and Ulster; in Gaelic :Mac an Stocaire, from Stoc, a Gaelic Trumpet; hence stocaire, trumpeter, a McFarlane sept. The name is also anglicised Stafford in Ulster. Summerly.-This name in the districts surrounding Ballinrobe is the anglicised form of Somahan (0 'Somachain). Sporran.-.Anglicised form of McSporran, purse-bearers to the McDonnells of the Isles. Written McSparran in Ulster. Some of the name have assumer! tho name of Purcell; in Gaelic Mac Sparain.
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