Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland By PADRAIG MAC GIOLLA-DOMHNAIGH. Addy, Addie, Adie-11AC ADAlDH.--Thc other Anglicised forms of this name arc McAdic, McCadie, Eddy, and Eddie. A sept of the McAdies were descended from the Clan Ferguson (:'lac Fearghuis) in Perthshire. Sec Ferguson. Adams, Adamson- -11-I AC ADAIM.-- Somc families of this name are a branch-off from the l\IcGrcgors of South-Western Scoth1Hl, who later assumc<l the name of Grier, etc. Scottish families of the name of .'-cdamson settled in Cumberland, and the name in some of its anglicised forms is found in various parts of Ulster. Adam as a Christian name is pretty common in the North of Sr~otland, probably arising from the Irish missionary, St. Ad11mnan. The Mac Oonshn(imha sept in North Connncht h·1vc assumed the name of AdnmR. Adrain-0 'DREAI:!'\.--This name bclrrngerl to a sept of the McDonalds, and was long found in Kintyrc, Scotland. Allanson, Allison, Alison.- These names are reckoned to be angliciscd forms of Scottish septs of the McAllans, one sept being n brnnch of the McFarhncs of Dumbarton County, Scotland, in GnC'lic Mac Ailean. The :!\fac Callions, the chief SC'pt of th<' Cnmpbclls of Argyle, have assumed the nnmc of 1\llcn in some cuscs. Allen, Allan, Alianach-MAC AILEAN.- Thc latter name is a form assumed by a branch of th<' McAllcns, a McFarlanc sept in the North of Scotlan<l. ThC' Allens of Co. Kerry nnd othC'r parts of Munster arc dC'SCPndants of a Scottish sept of tlw nfeAllcns who came to Tirconncll from th0 West of Scotlnnd in the 15th century to serve as Gallowglasscs under th<' O'Donnclls. Tn a battle in 1558 with the forces of the Earl of Clnmickard they were defeated and dispersed, one branch settling in Co. Kerry. This sept bclongc<1 to the clan Campbell. Armstrong.- 'l'he La,-crys, or the sept known as 0 'LabhradhaTrean, or Strong O'Laverys, have in many instances in the districts of Aghalec, Crumlin, and Lisburn, in Co. Antrim,
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