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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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