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ArchivesRe: Origin and meaning of Dallin and Gannon?
in reply to a message by Ylva
Dallin:
As a surname Dallin is English and means one's ancestors came from the town of Dalling in Norfolk, England. Dalling meang "settlement of the followers of a man named Dalla" in Old English.
http://behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=272113&board=gen
Gannon:
Mag Fhionnáin - (Mac) Gannon - Co Mayo
MacLysaght's book "The Surnames of Ireland" says the following:
(Mac) Gannon Mag Fhionnain (fionn, fair). An old Erris family. The Irish
form is Mag Canann in Co. Clare. IF (Irish Families) Map Mayo. See
MacConnon
As a surname Dallin is English and means one's ancestors came from the town of Dalling in Norfolk, England. Dalling meang "settlement of the followers of a man named Dalla" in Old English.
http://behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=272113&board=gen
Gannon:
Mag Fhionnáin - (Mac) Gannon - Co Mayo
MacLysaght's book "The Surnames of Ireland" says the following:
(Mac) Gannon Mag Fhionnain (fionn, fair). An old Erris family. The Irish
form is Mag Canann in Co. Clare. IF (Irish Families) Map Mayo. See
MacConnon
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Thank you, I've forgotten I've already asked about Dallin once.
So Gannon is a form of Fionn or Finnian then.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
So Gannon is a form of Fionn or Finnian then.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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