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From: Pat Traynor <>
Subject: Re: Fw: Christian Names in ireland 1
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:02:44 -0700



>I work with a woman whose first name is SHALEEN. Her family is of Irish
>ancestry but she knows nothing about the origin of the name. Can anyone
>provide a clue. Is it a derivative of another name?
>
>TIA
>

It looks to me that it is a spelling variation/English
translation, of the Irish name of O'SHAUGHLIN, or MacGiolla
SEACHLAN, who was a chief in what is now the parish of Dysart in Westmeath.
GIOLLA = "servant, disciple, minister, page", which indicates
that there might have been a Saint by the name of SEACHLAN.

Suggest you locate one (or all) of these Irish surname books;
Authors: WOULFE, BELL, McLYSAGHT.

Patrick Traynor, in California's gold-rush country.

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