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ArchivesRe: Searching for the history of my last name
in reply to a message by Josh Bruffey
Almost certainly a version of the surname Brophy, Irish Ó Broithe. I don't think your spelling exists in Ireland. Of this County Leix surname Edward MacLysaght ("Surnames of Ireland") writes, "The origin of this name is obscure. I have never seen even a tentative suggestion."
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