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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: Possible accidental sighting of a newsgroup participant's name
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:46:45 +1000
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On 30/06/24 17:54, HenHanna wrote:
> On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:

>> That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related
>> to the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he
>> was from the same small region that my people came from. So there's
>> probably a connection, but we could find the missing links. He died
>> three years ago, so we likely never will.

> Moylan is Irish?

Yes. More precisely, it's the anglicisation of an Irish name. The change
happened quite a few generations ago, so there's no point in trying to
change it back.

It comes from Irish maol=bald, so I'm probably descended from someone
who wore a tonsure.

My maternal line is Callaghan, also a traditional Irish name. I do,
however, also have some Scottish heritage.

-- 
Peadar Séamus Ó Maoláin