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SOURCE: Occupation
CONTRIBUTOR: Cait ni Chathmhaoil on 2/19/2004
Meaning & History
Comes from the Irish Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil, which was Anglicized to McCawell and then morphed into Caulfield. Mac Cathmhaoil comes from a word meaning "chieftan".
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