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Ó Creachmhaoil
Ó Creachmhaoil is an Irish surname, often anglicised as Craughwell, Croughwell, Crockwell, and Crowell. Etymology ''Ó'', in Irish surnames, indicates a grandson or descendant of the person whose given name it precedes (as in ''Ó Briain'': ''grandson of Brian''). Creachmhaoil is not used as a given name in Ireland, and is actually a toponym, composed of two Gaelic words. ''Creach'', which is related to ''craig'', and ''creag'', and the English word '' crag'', refers to a rock (with which word it rhymes), or the bare rock crest of a hill (related words are ''cruach'', for a mountain, pinnacle, or a rounded hill that stands apart...or for any type of pile, or heap, and 'cnoc', for a hill or eminence). An alternate etymology of ''creach'' is ''plunder'', presumably in reference to herds of cattle, which were often targets of thefts and cattle raids amongst the Gaels. The usual Gaelic word for cattle is ''crodh'', often Anglicised in place-names as ''crow'', although the words ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craughwell
Craughwell (historically ''Creaghmoyle'', from ) is a town and townland in County Galway, Ireland. Name The name Craughwell is also used as a surname, properly '' Ó Creachmhaoil'', though often anglicised as ''Craughwell'', ''Croughwell'' and ''Crockwell''. The surname was largely unknown outside of the southeast of County Galway until the end of the 19th century when émigrés established families which still thrive in Barbados, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Cornwall, Ohio and Berkshire County, Massachusetts, among other places. The name is composed of two Irish words: ''creach'', meaning in this case "plunder", presumably in reference to herds of cattle, which were often targets of thefts and cattle raids amongst the Gaels. The usual Gaelic word for cattle is ''crodh'', often Anglicised in place-names as , although the words ''cro'', ''crocharsach'', and ''crò'' are all connected with sheep, sheep enclosures or meadows. An alternate etymology of ''creach'' is related to ''craig' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |