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Thread #13133   Message #2685645
Posted By: GUEST,big tim
22-Jul-09 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: facts behind 'Roddy McCorley'
Subject: RE: Origins: facts behind 'Roddy McCorley'
According to the two standard works on the subject, 'The Surnames of Ireland' by Edward MacLysaght (1957), and 'The Surnames of Scotland' by Robert F. Black (1946), both McCorley and McErlane are surnames of Irish Gaelic origin.