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Hoyne, Mícheál, “On the origin of the surname element Mág”, Ériu 70 (2020): 83–93.

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“On the origin of the surname element Mág”
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Ériu 70 (2020)
Ériu 70 (2020), Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
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70
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83–93
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This paper seeks to explain how Mac (gen. sg./nom. pl. Meic) became Mág (gen. sg./nom. pl. Méig) in some surnames. It is argued that the form Mág/Méig was already in existence in the Middle Irish period, though this is obscured by contemporary orthographical practice.

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