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From: kdale@minet-vhn-em.arpa
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Subject: McCaffrey
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Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:30:47 EDT
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From: kdale@MINET-VHN-EM

 

>And McCaffrey isn't an Irish name, is it?  Sounds more scottish. I

Yes, it is Irish and yes, it sound Scottish.  The Scottish spelling would
be MacCaffrey.  Irish names aren't just O'somethings (like mine used to
be - O'Dale), but are also McSomething, as well as just Something.

It is confusing.  When I was tracing my roots, I got confused all right --
my middle name is as Scottish as they come and my great-grandfather was
an original O'Dale from Ireland.  I could always use MacRae O'Dale as a
pen name, for shock value...

Keith M. Dale
(kdale@minet-vhn-em)
BBN Comm Corp
Stuttgart, W. Germany