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Re: McGriff
by Sean Foglai (guest)
8/13/2005, 4:51 PM
in reply to a message by SAM
My Irish surname book (Irish Surnames {SLOINNTE NA h-ÉREANN} by Seán de Bhulbh who I translate as Sean Butler) does not show any entry for McGriff ...the book is based on all currently existing (1997) names in Irish phone books.As a result, I'd suspect as Jim Young says that its a transliteration of another name ...
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- Jim Young (guest)   +2
8/14/2005, 3:35 AM
Your "Sloinnte" sounds like an interesting work, Sean. Watch out for a query directed your way.
By the way, I'm sure de Bhulbh is an Irish version of the surname Woulfe.
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- Sean Foglai (guest)   +1
8/14/2005, 11:41 AM
Yes of course ... it's even on the book somewhere ...not sure where the 'Butler' thing came from ...most likely the bottle of beer I was drinking ...
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- Sean McGriff (guest)
9/30/2005, 9:01 AM
See the web-site: http://www.mcgrifffamily.com/index.html
Lots of family information!
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