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Re: McGriff
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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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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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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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See the web-site: http://www.mcgrifffamily.com/index.html
Lots of family information!
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