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MacGillifin
surname Irish Origins
Anglicized to Gilpin
MacGillifin
is an ancient Irish surname. For information on this particular surname
see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/old.html The old
Irish name for Gilpin was MacGillifin. SOURCE:
email 655 "Irish Pedigrees, Descendants of Fiachra, Vol. 2 pg 564 Email
at: From:
Pat Traynor Subject:
Ancient Irish names list These
lists from "Irish Pedigrees" by John O'Hart, were copied by a
poor typist, so there may be some typos. Pat Traynor 12/96 ANCIENT
IRISH SURNAMES As many
of the ancient Irish sirnames are not recorded in O'Clery's or in
MacFirbis's Genealogies, or in the Linea Antiqua, or in the Betham
Genealogical Collections, we have collected from "The Topographical
Poems of O'Dugan and O'Heerin," "The Tribes and Customs of
Hy-Fiachra," and other works published by the Celtic and
Archeological Societies in Ireland, the following Irish family names,
and the modern anglicised forms which they assumed; ~~~~~ Families
of the Hy-Fiachrach "Irish
Pedigrees" Descendants
of Fiachra, Vol. 2 Pg 564 Ulster,
Meath, Connaught. Counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway. Meath, etc. The
Name- MacGillifin -Has been modernized as- Gilfin, Gilpin, Gill
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