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Marriage name traditions
« on: Saturday 01 January 11 06:12 GMT (UK) »
Did Irish women usually retain their own surnames after marriage or adopt those of the husbands?

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Re: Marriage name traditions
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 01 January 11 09:56 GMT (UK) »
Think that custom is more common in Scotland- in Ireland women would have used their husband's surname.
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