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Travelling People / Re: Irish traveller surnames
« on: Sunday 27 October 19 01:20 GMT (UK)  »
Also traveller names change depending on the county, Ward is a huge one in connacht but in Munster it is not seen as a travellers name. Burke is seen as a traveller name in parts of munster but a very common surname in connacht with no traveller connection.

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Travelling People / Re: Irish traveller surnames
« on: Sunday 27 October 19 01:15 GMT (UK)  »
You should be looking at the original surnames as Gaeilge/in Irish! The travellers had their own version of course but if they are Irish travellers and not gypsies then there should not be 'j,k,q,w,x,y,z' in the original name. E.g. king is normally mac an rí 'son of the King', Burke is 'de burca'. You should understand that names were anglofied and letters like v came from 'bh' etc. if you don't bother to look up the Irish alphabet then all this is is a guessing game.

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