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ArchivesRe: The meaning and origin of surnames ROONEY & HACKER
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According to my Irish surname book:
Very numerous in all areas of Ireland except Munster (South-Southwest). In Irish, it would be written Ó Ruanaidh, likely from the first name Ruadhán (the red-headed one).
Hacker, like Hackett, is probably from German/French for hewer of wood ...woodcutter basically ...
Very numerous in all areas of Ireland except Munster (South-Southwest). In Irish, it would be written Ó Ruanaidh, likely from the first name Ruadhán (the red-headed one).
Hacker, like Hackett, is probably from German/French for hewer of wood ...woodcutter basically ...
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