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Sunday, September 03, 2006
You really think your name is Irish?
Parents who choose "traditional" Irish names for their children in order to be patriotic will have to think again. A new study has found that many names thought to be from auld Ireland, including Sean, arrived with the Anglo-Normans in the 12th century.
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