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Maol comes from the fact that the Celtic tonsure of a priest or devotee was to shave the head forward from above the ears. The Roman tonsure which came later was to tie a ribbon around the head at ear level and shave beneath it( the monks tonsure most people are familiar with).The name Ryan was originally Ó Maoilriain (Mulryan) although it is now called Ó Riain which is incorrect. Mulhall came from Ó Maolfhabhail The devotee of Fabhal.The Celtic priests had families just like the Eastern Orthodox and Coptics with whom they had a lot in common. Either these Maol/Mul families descended from clergy or people who had a strong devotion to these saints or just people named after the saints.

This surname has possibly got roots in the Anglo-Norman French settlers of Ireland. I knew a person here in Liverpool some years ago with this surname it was spelt Delahunty.

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Delahunty is not  Norman at all despite its appearance in English but Gaelic from Ó Dulchaointigh. It originates in Co Laois formerly called Queens County.

Egg dealer and such like was a common occupation for widowed or abandoned women in those days.

Tá sé cloiste agam go raibh a ndóthain oilc ag gárdaí na Saorstáit chuig lucht an RIC is dá bharr sin a néirigh an seandream as a gcuid postanna. Bhfuil tuairim ag duine ar bith?

There was a lot of radiation exposure to the skin of the arms and hands and also the face  from the molten metal.