SIX THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC r- TELEVISION AND THE MOVIES- A 'i Some Irish Surnames Out Of The Past PROBLEM (Press Bulletin of the Central Verein) If your name is Mulvany, one of your ancestors was known as a HISTORY FROM FILES devotee of the Blessed Sacrament. The original Gillespie was known » OF THE CATHOLIC The New Deal, regardless of its success or faiw for his loyalty to his Bishop. All the McEntees have an ancestor reform movement, has at least instilled a new sense S*** who was outstandingly wise. The MacNamaras are descended from 0 some famous sea-fighter. These are some of the points developed in consciousness into tke nation. What influence thig » w ^ the following discussion on the derivation of Irish surnames, con- 90 Years Ago social sense will exercise on the inventions and meeharii ' densed from an article in the Catholic Bulletin, Dublin, for August, Daniel O'Connell, the Irish lib- of the future is an interesting matter for conjecture ft * 193+. 0 erator, confined in Richmond Pen- special interest at this time since before long we dull to * We have all heard the lines: is, in Irish. MacanUltaigh—the itentiary, is visited by represen- fronted with the problem of another revolutionary ¡nv*J^ By Mac or O you'll always know descendant of the Ulsterman. tative of Presbyterian ministers television, in fact, this is already a reality. ^f^HB True Irishmen they say; When the prefix is dropped and it of Ulster who thanks him for his In a recent issue of the '"'New-Statesman and But if they lack the O and Mac appears as Nulty it has lost its efforts in behalf of the "Dissen- of London, we are told that No Irishmen are they. at "television having become a reaSb meaning. MacanRiogh, the des- ters' Chapels Bill." we can look forward to some far-reaehcachini g changes in Now, these words are literally cendant of the king, becomes of entertainment," But these very changes seem the ran»!! true. Every Irish surname should MacEnroy; MacEntee means the 75 Years Ago the delay in developing television in this country ffcJSB have either the O or the Mae. descendant of the seer; Mac- Prussia alarmed at increase in capitalistic system which cried out against halting for the This is a time-honored rule. These Neary, the descendant of the divorces: for the past year they surnames began in the reign of of humanity the ever-sacrosanct "progress", has been d^S shepherd; MacantSaoir, the des-j amounted to 1,906, out of a popu- ately withholding the now perfected invention because "2H the great King Brian—the victor cendant of the craftman, becomes lation of sixteen millions . . . An- of Clontarf. Until his time each realization of tlie injury which television would inflict udob ÜÜ MacAteer or MacEntyre. These other treaty has been concluded value of the cinema chains." * '^HH Gael had one name only, which last three names are sometimes with the Navajo Indians. was distinguished by a patronym- translated into English: Wiseman, This new problem is said to be "of first-rate ic from others having a similar Shepherd, Carpenter. 50 Years Ago portance" because "obviously broadcasting, the niKaTw spelling. Thus we meet Cormac the press are likely to be affected most of all... As reeardiS mac Airt, meaning Cormac whose Mul and Gil Msgr. Capel, invited to address father was Art, to distinguish him Many Irish surnames are form- an Educational Convention at cinema, it is probable that films will constitute the printf from any other Cormac. ed from names beginning with Mul Madison, Wis., said that the only 'item in a television program." The eventual result of and Gil. These are fine old Irish complaint Catholics had against novation, we are told, "would be to shatter the entire stSlP Mac means son, and O means names, but there should always the American public school sys- grandson, or descendant, but when of the film industry as it exists at present." In addition totik be a Mac or an O prefixed to them tem was that it did not "go far there will arise the problem of public ownership or private "ax: the surnames were introduced in also. Mul represents the Irish enough: that it seeks to train only the eleventh century either prefix ploitation of television. ^RHH maol, which means a devotee or the head and not the heart;" many received the broader meaning of Like many other inventions of man, television is wmL servant. Gil is a contraction of newspapers denounce his speech descendant. Thus, both Mac- the Irish giolla—a follower or ser- as "an attack on the public ered a dist'nct benefit to him, and it does, undoubtedly fetid Brian and O Brian mean a de- vant or guide. Nearly all these schools." The annual Picnic for great promise. May it not, for instance, aid in arresting the scendant of Brian, that is, one of the orphans will be held at Lin- disintegration of home life, so greatly accelerated by the adwst the O'Brian Clan. names are formed from names of saints. Mulvihill (O'Mael Mhi- den Grove on Sept. 3 . . . The na- of the automobile and the movies, by again centering at least Mc and Mac chil), for example, means the des- tional convention of Catholic Total one form of recreation in the home and placing its control fc Properly speaking, there is no cendants of the devotee or servant Abstinence Societies at Chicago, the hands of parents? But at the same time, the unusnallyad- Mc prefix. The correct form is of St. Michael; Gilmartin (Mac- addressed by Archbishop Feehan, vantageous position it may attain in the home is fraught lift either Mac, or its alternative spell- Giolla Martain), of the followers of Bishop Spalding and Bishop Ire- the possibility of many moral dangers, unless those ethical con- ing Mag. Some people think that St. Martin. MacBride should be land, declares that "while we rec- trols are present which will prevent its abuse and insure ita pre- names having the prefix Mac are MacGiollaBhrighde (follower of ognize moral suasion as the basis dent and wise use. Scotch. This false belief is due St. Brigid), and Kilpatrick is mis- of temperance work, we neverthe- to the fact that very many Irish spelled and shortened MacGiolla- less declare our confidence in legal It is questionable whether the present status of society people have been writing Mc in- Phadraig (follower of St. Pat- restriction of the liquor traffic as will permit the reception of this new television without an ac- stead of Mac as the prefix to their rick). Some of the other names the means to advance the work." tual dis-service to itself. The boasted revived sense of social their surnames, while the Scotch beginning with Gil or Mul from responsibility is little more than a humanitarianism not suffiei- have kept the correct form. Na- which surnames have been formed 25 Years Ago ciently grounded on the bed-rock of sound moral principle! It turally, there are numerous are MaolMhuire (Myles) and Reports of the death, in London, deals with the larger phases of reconstruction, but neglects the Scotch names having the correct Giolla Mhuire (Gilmore), follow- of Rev. George Tyrrell, who had prefix, as Scotland was colonized individual and personal reform indispensable to a reformat» er of the Blessed Virgin; Mac- withdrawn from the Jesuit order by the Irish. Neither in Scotch and whose writings had been con- of society. The development of moral forces in society, withwt GiollaPheadair (Gilfeather), fol- or Irish should there be any Mc demned as heretical, state that he which it has and will continue to wrest new invention!auto low of St. Peter; MaolDhomh- prefix. was reconciled with the Church its own destruction, is not chiefly a problem for legislators tat naigh (Maloney), fond of Sunday and received the last sacraments. for the educating of our people, and until we have succeeded n The spelling of Irisn names ac- or of the House of God; Gilfoyle, cording to the English pronuncia- . . . Editorial calls for arbitration effecting this moral regeneration of individuals and society, follower of St. Paul; Gilchreest, of the labor dispute that resulted tion has caused many changes, so follower of Christ; Malon,e, fol- mechanical progress and social progress will ocntinue thé that often the original name and in the scenes of bloodshed near lower of St. John; Mulkieran, de- militant opposition to each other, and to the detriment of society. its derivation are unrecognizable. McKees Rocks on Aug. 22. votee of St. Ciaran; Mulvany, de- Thus MacEoin, meaning the son votee of the Blessed Sacrament; or descendant of John, sometimes 10 Years Ago Gilooly, lover of humility; Gilles- appears as MacKeon, McKeon Rev. R. L. Hayes, superintend- Here pie, follower of the Bishop; Gilroy, McKeown, etc., and even, due to ent of schools, announces that With Women of Note follower of the king. These are and mispronunciation, as Muckian! classes will be resumed on Sept. By Teresa Martin surnames of which Catholic Celts 2 . . . Rev. Augustine Rumbach, There Surnames from Diminutives» have every reason to be proud. Many Irish personal names have C.S.Sp., former instructor at Holy Ghost College (Duquesne Univers- diminutives. Thus, Aodh (Hugh), The Irish word CM, literally The one hundred and twenty- meaning a greyhound, was used ity), dies at Cornwells. and customs, and was in charge has the diminutive form Aodha- fifth anniversary of the founding in certain names in its associat- of the Lafayette Exposition! ft» gan (Egan); Fionn has Fionna- the French Government in Net ed meaning of hero or warrior, 5 Years Ago of the Daughters of Charity of gan, and Flann has Flannagan. York, and Chicago. Her lateit specially in its possessive form, Rev. Brother Philip, F.S.C., Saint Vincent de Paul and the When prefixes are used with these work is the compilation of a col- con. Thus, MacCondhuibh means principal of the Boys' Central commencement of Mother Eliza- we have surnames entirely differ- lection of daguerreotypes to which descendant of the black warrior.! Catholic High School since it was beth Seton's work at Saint Jo- ent from those formed from the Charles Dana Gibson contributed It appears sometimes as McEniff, j opened in 1927, is transferred to seph's College, Emmitsburg, Md., original names. Hence we find, the preface. This work she dedi- which gives some idea of its cor- Washington, D. C.; Rev. Bro. Ed- along with MacAodha and O was observed by the Sisters at cated to the Sisters of Hoiy hAodha (pronounced and written rect pronunciation, but when it is ward, F.S.C., succeeds him. ceremonies which included, among Names, her teachers, in Oakland r Magee and O'Hea), MacAodha- spelled McNiff, both its meaning other things, Mass and a proces- • • • gain and Oh Aodhagain (MacEgan and its origin are lost. Mac Con- sion. and O'Hagan). Mara—descendant of the sea war- The Vienna Museum of From Fionn we get O'Finn and rior—is now usually spelled Mc- The procesion stopped at spots Arts, which contains many trtifr Mag Thinn (Maginn), and from its Namara or McNamara, and Mac THE INOUIRY in the valley closely associated ures of religious painting, B0* diminutive we get O'Finegan. ConnaMidhe—descendant of the with the American foundress, in- shows its visitors a long-lost wont COLUMN by the master-hand of the From Flann are formed O Floinn Meath champion — has been i cluding the Stone House where j (O'Flynn) and MagFhloinn (Mag- changed to McNamee, so that the the pioneer Sisters under Mother Italian, Correggio, a Madonna «a* lynn) and also O'Flannagan. Art word Con is entirely lost. Names and addreRHg mast accompany Seton first lived, and where the Child. ¿ák gives us Artagan as a diminutive; all inquiries. They will be kept boarding and parochial school was The rediscovery of the ___ Arbitrary spelling, changes and strictly confidential. hence the surnames O'Hart and conducted, and the White House occurred by pure chance. y*jp attempted translations have al- O'Hartigan. Ceallach gives us O'- In my prayer book, at the pray- in which Mother Seton died. the Castle of Hellbrunn, near S most ruined some of the finest old • » • Kelly, and its diminutive Ceal- ers of the Mass, I find the letters burg, pictures were about tM* Irish surnames. O'Husheen (O lachan gives O'Callaghan. From N. and N. I am anxious to find Miss M. Therese Bonney, a sold to a foreign country. |j Callan comes the surname O'Cal- hOisin), which means the des- out what they stand for? graduate of the College of the attention of an expert of the 1 lan, and its diminutive gives the cendant of Oisin, the famous Holy Names, Oakland, Calif., was tional office of Memorials, who*, familv name O'Callinan. Bran (a Gaelic poet of the Liana, has act- The letter N stands for the decorated recently by the French permission for the sale abroad M raven) gives us O'Byrne and O'- ually been changed into Hessian! word "Name". You will find this Government in the Musee de L' to be obtained, was excited by ** Branigan. MacLucais has become Cluggage. three times during the Canon of Orongiere des Tuileries with the picture; and, when the dqfrjl It should be noted that the let- MacEoin, wrongly pronounced the Mass. It will be found at the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The ages had been reirfoved, »jg ter H which now appears in many Muckian, was in some cases beginning where the name of the recognition was given for distin- found to be one of the early wr- Irish surnames was originally in- changed to Pigott, because the Pope and the Bishop is inserted, guished service rendered that of that great • Italia• n• master. troduced merely for euphony be- Irish word muc means pig! Mul- and at the memento of the living country in the works of relief, vaney, referred to above) has and of the dead where the priest tween the prefix O and a personal arts, and letters. Four Sisters of Loretto will sometimes been "translated" to mentions the names of those for name beginning with a vowel, as Miss Bonney is the author of from San Francisco on Aufr' O hAirt, the descendant of Art. Blest, Blessen, and Blessington. whom he wishes explicitly to several books on French life, arts, MacGiollaEoin ( descendant of the pray for. for China. One of the band, W"* This name now appears as O'Hart Mary Jane, went to China*; follower of St. John) has beeD or, incorrectly, Hart. Thus we • • • epistle to the Corinthians: "And phonetically respelled to make the first missionaries of Lo^ have O'Higgins. O'Henigan, O'Hea What was the greatest miracle if Christ be not risen again, then Maglone, and then modified to 1923 and returned to the l| (or Hayes), O'Hennesv, and many that Our Lord wrought f is our preaching vain and your Mac Gloin, MacAloon, MacLune, or States this summer to attga others. MacHale rightly has no h faith is vain". (XV: 14). general chapter of her in Irish, the spelling being MacEil. Clune. The chages did not even His own Resurrection from the • * • stop then, for some of those bear- Loretto, Ky. She is The definite article an (the) en- dead. On that He depended to Must the Hail Holy Queen be ing the name MacAloon or Mac- the foreign mission in ters into many Irish surnames. convince the world. St. Paid said at the end of the Rosary to Lune changed it to Monday, be- Two of the others will be MacanBhaird, meaning the de- builds the whole structure of gain the indulgence f there with her while the scendant of the bard, is often im cause luan is the Irish for the Christianity upon it. He express- first day of the week! one will be assigned to eorrectly written Ward. MacNutty es this very clearly in his first No. in the interior.