« Reply #5 on: Friday 01 September 17 00:23 BST (UK) »
possibly son of Red Fergus, son of Duncan son of the shoemaker? son of William ?
Skoosh,
That sounds good to me although I would think Kenneth not Duncan, not that I speak gaelic but I can understand certain words/names & I know a 'C' from a 'D' having both in my tree (South Uist)
Fergus is a variant of Farquhar (in my tree) & 'greasic' being shoemaker looks good although the word for shoemaker is 'greusaiche' but normally when referring to someone with their occupation they would also have a name first for the person, not just their occ?
Doesn't look like a good (written) translation by whoever wrote it (at the time)?
The gaelic alphabet has only 18 letters which doesn't include a 'v' i.e. 'mh' or 'bh' dependant on what it's pertaining to.
GS, It would be good to know the origin as you say as well as the era (not that I'm great with gaelic) but it does look questionable.
Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee
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