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Are You Searching For Your Irish McGINNs? (hints)

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Are You Searching For Your Irish McGINNs? (hints)

Roisin McGinn  (View posts) Posted: 31 Dec 1999 9:30AM GMT
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Surnames: McGinn
If you are looking for the name McGinn
The most common county in Ireland of the name is County Tyrone, although you may find some in County Down and County Monaghan, all these counties are in Ulster which is the Northern Part of Ireland.
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In the days of the Irish Clans, Names originated from other names.
All over county Tyrone the name McGinn is very common, The main town is Omagh.
My Grandfather, Francis McGinn, left Trillick which is a small village between Omagh and Enniskillen in county Tyrone, to come to Ballycastle County Antrim. This is in North East Ireland. Where he married and settled and he and his family still live. In Ballycastle there is now 35 McGinns. My name is Roisin and Francis McGinn is my Grandfather.

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