Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Irish Name?

I was wondering how to translate my name into Gaelic. Anyone know?

Irish Name?
Donnflaith is correct about Marie / M谩ire. Also, the great Irish genealogist Edward MacLysaght points out that "the majority of Lindsays in Ireland descend from the great Scottish clan of that name; but in Ulster 脫 Loingsigh, elsewhere anglicized as Lynch, has often been made Lynchey and this in turn became Lindsay."





So if your people are from Ulster of Irish rather than Scottish descent, then you have a good, legitimate reason to use 脫 Loingsigh as a translation back into Irish.





However, 脫 means 'grandson', so in your case the name would be N铆 Loingsigh which means 'grand-daughter of Loingseach. Loingseach is an old warrior name which means 'of ships' or 'related to ships.'' In other words, Loingseach is an old warrior name for someone who dealt a lot with ships or fleets of ships. A sea-warrior.





Putting these together, you would wind up as M谩ire N铆 Loingsigh Rodriguez if you claim descent from a family named Lindsay, or simply M谩ire Loingseach Rodriguez if Lindsay is not actually an ancestral surname.





Also, don't forget that Irish is a Q-Celtic language. The Celti-Iberians spoke Q-Celtic. At 300BC, Irish and Celti-Iberian were identical. Spanish is an overlay of Visigothic German on Latin on Celti-Iberian.





Lastly, if you want to learn Irish, you'll be welcome at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celt... .
Reply:rodriguez ir not an Irish surname so it would not be translated into Irish. Sorry. Lindsay might be able to be translated but I don't think so. Marie in Irish is M谩ire which is pronounced My-ra or Moy-re depending where you are in Ireland. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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