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Re: information on the last name mahaney

by Marc (picard)

1/13/2008, 11:25 AM

in reply to a message by molly

Mahaney is an alteration of Mahoney (Ó Mathghamhna in Irish) which comes from mathghamhain 'bear'.

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- molly (guest) +1

1/14/2008, 9:59 PM

thank you! where did you find this info ?I had guessed that but can't find anything connecting the two names.

- Marc (picard)

1/15/2008, 7:53 PM

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/mahaney-name-meaning.ashx
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?rank=0&xcb=x&tips=0&father=mahoney&given=&surname=mahaney&mother=&stype=Exact&spouse=&byear=&brange=&bplace=&myear=&mrange=&mplace=&dyear=&drange=&dplace=&hd=1&language=en&op=search&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=mp-awt&gst=&so=3