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Goch | Gough: líonmhar: Oir-dheisceart & rl. Sloinne ón mBreatnais: coch = dearg, rua. Bhí siad in Éirinn sa 13 céad. Bhí siad chun tosaigh i bPort Lairge sa 17 céad. |
Goff | Quite numerous: Wexford etc. Ir. Góch, according to Woulfe, from Welsh coch, red. There is also a Welsh word gof = smith. The Welsh connection is well established - they came in 13 cent and settled in Dublin and Waterford. See Gough. MIF. |
Gough | numerous: E Ulster, Midlands, South-East. Ir. Goch, from Welsh coch = red. In Waterford 13 cent. Now pronounced Goff and so spelled in some cases. This name is also an anglicisation of (1) Ó Cuacháin (Mayo) and (2) Mag Eochadha (Armagh-Monaghan). |
MacGaugh | Very rare: Galway-Mayo. Ir. Mag Eathach. See Mac Gagh. |
MacGeogh | Very rare: Belfast. See Mac Geough. |
MacGeough | numerous: Armagh-Tyrone-Monaghan; Louth-Meath etc. Ir. Mag Eochadha, from first name Eochaidh (horseman). Associated with Oriel. MIF. |
MacGoff | rare: Mayo etc. Ir. Mag Eochadha. See Mac Gough. |
MacGough | Quite numerous: Monaghan, Midlands, Galway etc. Ir. Mac Eochadha from first name Eochaidh, associated with Oriel. MIF. |
Mag Eochadha | Mac Geough, Mac Gough: cuíosach líonmhar: Lú, Muineachán, Ard Mhacha & rl. Cuid eile de mhuintir Eochaidh, q.v. |
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