XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 6/30/2024 2:46 AM, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 30/06/24 17:54, HenHanna wrote:   
   >> On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >   
   >>> That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related   
   >>> to the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he   
   >>> was from the same small region that my people came from. So there's   
   >>> probably a connection, but we could find the missing links. He died   
   >>> three years ago, so we likely never will.   
   >   
   >> Moylan is Irish?   
   >   
   > Yes. More precisely, it's the anglicisation of an Irish name. The change   
   > happened quite a few generations ago, so there's no point in trying to   
   > change it back.   
   >   
   > It comes from Irish maol=bald, so I'm probably descended from someone   
   > who wore a tonsure.   
   >   
   > My maternal line is Callaghan, also a traditional Irish name. I do,   
   > however, also have some Scottish heritage.   
   >   
      
      
   for a long time,  i ddin't realize that Costello  was Irish   
      
      
   (dirty) Harry Callahan -- could be Irish or Scottish   
      
      
                >>>    Inspector Harold Francis Callahan   
   (born October 3, 1930), nicknamed Dirty Harry, is a fictional character   
   and protagonist of the Dirty Harry film series, ...   
      
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