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in reply to a message by cntrygrl
Northern Irish: variant of
> McFarlane
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin, a patronymic from the personal name Parthalán, which is most probably from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=McFarlane&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b
> McFarlane
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin, a patronymic from the personal name Parthalán, which is most probably from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=McFarlane&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b
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