- all of
these have male and
female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all
Mac-
names become Nic- if the
person is female. Some of the
Scottish Gaelic surnames...
- The
cause was a
dispute between Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó
Cellaigh (Mod.
Irish Maoilseachlainn mac Thaidhg Uí Cheallaigh)(O'Kelly), King of Ui
Maine – Mod...
-
Ballyheigue (/ˌbæliˈhaɪɡ/ BAL-ee-HYEG),
officially Ballyheige (Irish:
Baile Uí
Thaidhg,
meaning 'town(land) of Tadhg'), is a
coastal town and
civil parish in...
- or estate. The
remainder of the name is
Gaelic in
origin and is from "
Mac Thaidhg",
meaning "son of Taig". The Taig
family are
believed to have been the...
- Seán Ryan (birth), Seán
McCarthy (birth), Bob O'Keeffe (death), Pádraig
MacNamee (birth/death), Séamus
Gardiner (birth), Dan O'Rourke (birth), Aodh Ó...
- His most
famous book is the semi-autobiographical
comedy Jimín Mháire
Thaidhg,
published in 1919,
which follows Jimín's
childhood under the
control of...
- Galway, now at the peak of its prosperity,
virtually a free port. The
Clann Thaidhg O'Briens of Aran were no
longer such
important allies." This
seems to have...
- felt
pressure to use
English when in
Ballina town.
Today only Ceathrú
Thaidhg, 70 km to the west of
Ballina remains a
majority Irish-speaking area in...
- Kilmactigue, also
Kilmacteige (Irish: Cill Mhic
Thaidhg,
meaning '
Mac Teige's church'), is a
townland and
Catholic parish in
County Sligo, Ireland. Kilmacteige...
-
compete annually in the All-Ireland
Senior Hurling Championship for the Liam
MacCarthy Cup.
Despite having won the cup only 5
times in
their history, Galway...
