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Thread #43706 Message #3972484
Posted By: Lighter
20-Jan-19 - 06:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Brian O'Lynn & Tam o' the Linn
Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Brian O'Lynn & Tam o' the Linn
Steve, my impression of the frequency of the breeches and the bridge stanza match yours. That of the others sounds right too.
BTW, the surname O'Linn may have nothing to do with a geographical place.
The genealogy sites call it an anglicization of Irish "O Floinn," i.e. "Flynn" and "O'Flynn."
Texts with "Barney O'Flynn," etc., exist, prob. as a rationalization of he less familiar "O'Linn."