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Thread #159967   Message #3791714
Posted By: Richie
23-May-16 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: DTStudy: Molly Bawn (Polly Vaughn)
Subject: RE: DTStudy: Molly Bawn (Polly Vaughn)
Hi,

Info mainly from: Special Report on Surnames in Ireland: Together with Varieties and Synonymes by Robert E. Matheson

Moira District has these prefixes:

Baun-Lavery also Bawn-Lavery with Baun being the most common. several people are known by thir prefixes: Dan Baun. Baun-Lavery is know in other districts.

Both Lowry and Lavery names descend from O Labhradha, province of Ulster. The "ban" meaning white is "Baun."

Also Richard Mellish: Where can I find: Ulster Folklife 1845 ? And is that date correct? Is Molly Bawn found in --"Some Songs and Ballads in Use in the Province of Ulster, 1845"?

Richie