S.6.

(Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland) (continued)

(cont.)

"McAngus" "Variants: McInnes" "Scottish Gaelic : relationship name from

Mac Aonghuis ‘son of Angus’, see Angus. One of many anglicized forms of this

surname: compare McCance, McInnes, McGuinness"

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, by Patrick Hanks,

Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, pub. Oxford Univ. Press, 2016, 4 Vol. 2992 pages;

"more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames”;

Print ISBN-13: 9780199677764; Published online 2016, Current Online Version 2016,

excerpts available online: www.oxfordreference.com > Title > "Search within work"

S.7.

(Clan MacInnes) Our McA/I/Ninch surnames are all recognized by Clan MacInnes,

and most of our (Mac/Mc)Anin(ch/sh), (Mac/Nc)Inin(ch/sh), and (Mac/Mc)Nin(ch/sh)

variations are listed on the Clan MacInnes website: https://macinnes.org/septs.html

(as previously reported in the 2008 article) "McA/I/Ninch Surnames and

Spelling Variations in Clan MacInnes", MFHN v.XVI n.1 January 2008 p.2008-05

http://www.mcaninch.net/Newsletter/mfn16y08/m16p05w6.htm

As noted by MacLysaght (1, above), Matheson (2), Black (3), and many others, the

MacInnes variants are derived from the original Gaelic ‘MacAonghais’ (Son of Angus).

Clan info, clan history, timeline of important events: https://macinnes.org/info.html

"A crude pronunciation of the Gaelic name Aonghais is something like ‘On–uh-eesh’,

and Mac is pronounced Machk (the ‘ch’ as in the Scottish pronunciation of loch), so

MacAonghais sounds a bit like ‘Mac On-uh-eesh,’ hence the early Anglicisation of our

surnames". (Angus, MacAngus, MacAonghais) https://macinnes.org/septs/angus.html

After speaking the Gaelic name a few times, you can draw your own conclusions

about the origins of our current surnames “McAninch”, “McIninch”, “MacNinch”, etc.

S.8.

(Grenham) "Mac Guinness, together with its variants Guinness, Magennis, Mac Neice,

Mac Creesh and others, comes from the Irish "Mac Aonghasa", from the personal name

Aonghas ('Angus'), made up of 'aon' ('one') and 'gus' ('choice'), which was borne by a

famous 8th century Pictish king of Scotland, said to be a son of the Irish god Dagda, and

Boinn, the goddess who gave her name to the river Boyne. The surname originated in

Iveagh, in what is now County Down, where the family displaced the O'Haugheys in

the 12th century. The center of their power was at Rathfriland. In the 16th century they

accepted the Reformation, but joined in the later wars against the English and were

dispossessed of all their lands. The name is now common in Connacht and Leinster, as

well as in its original homeland of Ulster. A southern offshoot of the family adopted the

variant Mac Creesh, and in Monaghan, Fermanagh and south Down that name was used

as an equivalent of Mac Guinness. North of the original homeland, in County Antrim,

a similar process occurred, with Mac Neice or Mac Niece the variant adopted there. The

Guinness family who founded the famous brewery were originally from Co. Down."

Clans and Families of Ireland, by John Grenham, 2003 edition, pg.142; reprinted 2014,

Chartwell Books, ISBN 0785831363 9780785831365, OCLC 874224137; MFHN v.III

n.1 Feb. p.1995-02, http://www.mcaninch.net/Newsletter/mfn03y95/m03p02w6.htm

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