Pocket Guide to Irish Family Names (Appletree Pocket Guides) - Softcover

Grehan, Ida

 
9780862811334: Pocket Guide to Irish Family Names (Appletree Pocket Guides)

Synopsis

/ / Heraldry / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / paperback / 9 x 21 cm / 95 .pp /

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Synopsis

This handy, pocket-sized guide lists and describes eighty well-known Irish family names and explains the history of associations of each. Eighty families have been chosen from thousands, not merely because they are historically important and still numerous, but also because of their often outstanding personalities. Illustrations showing the shields of each family are also included, as are additional sections providing the meaning and place of origin or a further eighty popular names and crests for around another family names.

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