SOhlE ANGLICISED SURNAhlES IN IRELAND. 5~ Twigg, Twiggley.-lt may sound strange but it is fact, these two names are the anglicisod forms of Quigley in East Derry, Co. Antrim, and the City of Belfast. Fivey is another anglicisod form. Thero were throe sopts of the 0 'Quiglcys (0 'Coigligh) in Ulster. Whether they were related I don't know; one next to tho 0 'Dunlevys in Innishowen, one in Loughinsholin, Co. Dorry, and one in Routh l\Iona· ghan. Tenpenny, Tempeny.-These two names arc the anglicised forms of the name l\Iac An Tiompamtigh, tho Son of tho Tempan· ist; the ternpane being an old Irish stringed instrument which was played with a bow like tho ficlrllo. Tighe.-In North l\Iunstcr and South Connacht Tighe is the anglicised form of 0 'Taidhg; of ]\[ac Taidhg in Donegal, Leitrim and Cavan. (Sec hlontaguo). Of Mac Ccanglaigh (Kangley) in Cavan and adjoining Counties; and of 0 'Ceanglachain in l\fayo. Tinclair, Tinckler.-This name l\fac An t-Sinclair is a transforma· tion of the old Argyle sept name l\Iac N:t Coarda. 'l'his name has no connection with Sinclair, and from it probably arose the Anglo-Scottish clialectic word "Tinkler," a craftsman. The sept l\foc Na Cearda were known as Clann Na Ccarcla, or tho Craftsmen. The name is variously written in old records as l\J' Necaird, l\I' Nokcrd, and l\1'Nakard. Sec Cainl. Vaughan.-This "\Velsh name is intcrchang<'d for l\foghan and l\foughan (O'l\[ochain) in Couty Kilkenny and other parts of Southern Ireland. Vincent.-In the districts about l\fagherafrlt, 'co. Derry, tho name McAvinchy (Mac Dhuibhinsc) has been chnng<'d to Vin· cent. Victory.-In the districtR about Baillicboro ', Cavan Town, and Granarcl, Co. Longford. the names :\fcNabo, l\fcNaboe, and l\fonaboc, rcspcctinl~· (l\fac Ann hadha ). ha\·c been anglicised Victory. This name is a form of :\!c::-l"abb, a branch of that S<'pt settling at an early period in Co. Donegal. Other anglicisccl forms are Vicar ancl Vicar;v. Vallely.-This name is principally foun<l in the Fews district of Co. Armagh, written in Gaelic l\rac Imlrnilalc. The name is found common]~· in th<' Parishl's of Ballymoyer, Dl'rrynoosc, Kilclooney. and Lisnadill, ancl what is strange, the great mnjority of those bearing the name are reel or
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