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anyone know a bit of irish?

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  • 23-05-2006 10:04pm
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    MrSinn
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    can anybody tell me what name this is in english please

    ni dhubhghaill


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    Karoma
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=31


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    seabee
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    probably dowdall
    maybe dugdale?


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    Gunner Stale Freezer
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    Sounds like Dowell or Doughal


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    Esel
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    Doyle, in older form spelling, I'm pretty sure. The 'Ni' means it is a female's surname.

    Not your ornery onager



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    MrSinn wrote:
    can anybody tell me what name this is in english please

    ni dhubhghaill

    Pretty sure it's 'disestablishmentarianism'.


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    MrSinn
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    Deleted User wrote:
    Pretty sure it's 'disestablishmentarianism'.
    yea thats the one!


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    Pythia
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    esel wrote:
    Doyle, in older form spelling, I'm pretty sure. The 'Ni' means it is a female's surname.

    Ni means daughter. So basically that's her father's name, not her husband's.


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    Kwekubo
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    The person's name is Ní Dhubhghaill. There's an infinite amount of ways that the name could be anglicised, so it's impossible for us to tell you categorically which one is right, we can only suggest similar sounding names. If you want to know the actual English version she uses, you've got to ask her in person. There might not even be an English version at all.


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    An Bradán Feasa
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    Doyle.

    Ní Dhubhghaill means it's the surname for a girl.
    Ó Dubhghaill means it's the surname for a fella.

    And here's a bit of background info on the name Ó Dubhghaill:

    Dubh = Dark (or black)
    Gall = Foreigner

    => Dark Foreigner


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    wb
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    esel wrote:
    Doyle, in older form spelling, I'm pretty sure. The 'Ni' means it is a female's surname.

    Yep, It is Doyle. This is my mothers maiden name, and she spelled it like that. As someone pointed out, the Ní means that the person was a woman.


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    Hermione*
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    Pythia wrote:
    Ni means daughter. So basically that's her father's name, not her husband's.

    It wasn't suggested that it was her husband's name, 'Uí' is the prefix for a married female's surname .. my sister now has an Irish surname, thanks to her hubby ;)

    The pronounciation of the name is actually a bit of a give away - out loud its 'nee - doo áll' or similar ... which is reasonably close to Doyle, if you can manage to follow my pathetic attempts at phonetics. :rolleyes:


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    Pythia
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    Hermione* wrote:
    It wasn't suggested that it was her husband's name

    Yes I know that. But I was narrowing it down from a previous poster's description it was a 'female' prefix.


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    Doomspell
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    I've seen this being asked somewhere else, just can't remember where??? *goes into main forum sees thread under this one*.....oh! I remember now:):)


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