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Pisces Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Mc and O'

Hi ,
i'm wondering what the letters Mc and , sometimes O' mean when they're put in front of some families name

could anyone tell me ?

Thanks anyway ...
  

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Briefly: In the Highlands and Galloway, "son of" was denoted by the prefix, Mac. In Ireland, a man's surname generally takes the form Ó (originally "grandson") or Mac ("son") .

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  • Briefly: In the Highlands and Galloway, "son of" was denoted by the prefix, Mac.
  • In Ireland, a man's surname generally takes the form Ó (originally "grandson") or Mac ("son") .
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Briefly:

In the Highlands and Galloway, "son of" was denoted by the prefix, Mac.
In Ireland, a man's surname generally takes the form Ó (originally "grandson") or Mac ("son")
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