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From: "NO SPAMMING" <>
Subject: Re: Local knowledge, generalities, etc (was Re: Marriage recognition)
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 17:57:05 -0400
References: <6WSC8.12910$e5.88346@news.indigo.ie>, <24389-3CDBFEE4-7@storefull-2158.public.lawson.webtv.net>, <3b6d4e11.0205120716.7c7a2fab@posting.google.com>


I am waiting for an answer to mine, Hugh - how long might it
take?
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"Hugh McKiernan" <> wrote in
message
news:...
> (Carolanne) wrote in message
news:<
t>...
> > Wow this is history in the best of teachings for
me.....a simple irish
> > lass ...but a McLaughlin
> > and I must now side with Sean, ah..since he is a cuz
> > .. have at it kids.....I am leaning much of my heritage
the easy way!
> >
> >
> >
> > Carolanne~
>
>
> Using Donnchadh Corrin's webpage to support the notion
that
> Loaclainn denoted a territory is always going to be weak.
Principally
> because Donnchad's arguement is flawed. It relies too
heavily on the
> English translation of the Annals of Ulster. This English
translation
> was not made from the original. The work was transcribed
and
> translated a number of times before it was translated into
English.
> Just to take one example from what Donnchad offers in his
arguement; I
> cannot agree that "fir o Sgiathia Lochlaindi .." means
"The man from
> Skye of Lochlainn ..", as he contends, since it can be
more easily
> translated as 'the Lochlain man from Skye ..'
> There are other similar examples. Perhaps it would have
been better to
> seek the opinion of a professor of Irish.
> Or even a professor in the Irish speaking University!!
>
> H.
>
> P.S. Pender edited O'Donovan's translation of O'Clery's
book of
> genealogies in Analecta Hibernica #18. Payton later, in
1979,
> published an index. John D. McLaughlin, on his
aforementioned website
> has made "corrections and additions" according to himself,
although he
> admits "I can translate some of these pedigrees (mainly
just the
> names, though)."
>
> Ah yes, the hazards of data mining on the
internet.........


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