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Mór (" big ") and Óg (" young ") are used to distinguish father and son, like English junior and senior, but are placed between the given name and the surname: Seán Óg Ó Súilleabháin corresponds to " John O ' Sullivan Jr ." ( although anglicised versions of the name often drop the " O '" from the name ).
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Ali Pasha is also a major character in the 1854 Mór Jókai's Hungarian novel Janicsárok végnapjai (" The Last Days of the Janissaries "), translated into English by R. Nisbet Bain, 1897, under the title The Lion of Janina.
Cathair Mór (" the great "), son of Fedlimid Fir Urglais, a descendant of Mug Corb, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.
Micí Mac Gabhann was the author of Rotha Mór an tSaoil (" The Great Wheel of Life "), written in his native Ulster Irish.
Before his psychosis, however, he wrote an impressive novel about the difficult transition to modernity in his own Gaeltacht, called An Druma Mór (" The Big Drum " or " The Fife and Drum Band "), as well as a powerful and introspective account of his travels called Mo Bhealach Féin (" My Own Way ").
The sept ( clan ) of Sliocht Eoghan of Coshmaing (" beside the River Maine ") was established in the 14th century by King Cormac Mór MacCarthy Mór ( d. 1359 ) for his third son, Eoghan, as an appanage of the royal house of Desmond.
He was originally known as Dubhaltach Og (" young Dubhaltach ") to distinguish him from his grandfather, Dubhaltach Mór (" big Dubhaltach ").
* Togail bruidne Dá Derga (" The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel ": a tale of the 1st century king Conaire Mór, incomplete, contains passages interpolated by H )
Eterscél Mór (" the great "), son of Íar mac Dedad, a descendant of Óengus Tuirmech Temrach, of the Érainn of Munster was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.
Conaire Cóem (" the beautiful "), son of Mug Láma, a descendant of Conaire Mór and Dedu mac Sin, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.
The town's name, which is frequently shortened to " Ballymore " in everyday usage, derives from the Irish An Baile Mór (" the big town ") with the addition – to distinguish it from several other Ballymores in Ireland – of the family name ( Fitz ) Eustace.
A fuller version of the town's official name in Irish is Baile Mór na nIústasach (" big town of the Eustaces ").
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* Tannaghmore North & Tannaghmore South ( from an Tamhnach Mór meaning " the big grassland ")
To the northwest of Rathcroghan Mound is Rathmore ( Rath Mór, " big ringfort "), a circular earthwork consisting of a raised flat area, 30 metres across, surrounded by a sloping earth bank inside a deep ditch.
* Mullaghmore ( from Mullach Mór meaning " big hilltop ")
The Avoca flows into the Irish Sea at Arklow where it widens into a large estuary, giving Arklow its Irish language name an t-Inbhear Mór ( the big inlet ).
* An Eochair Mhór ( The big key ) is a long, steep-sided spur jutting from the east side of the peninsula and ending in a crag called An Tor Mór ( the big rock ).
Bere Island or Bear Island (, although officially called An tOileán Mór meaning " the big island ") is an island off the west coast of County Cork, Ireland.
The Bád Mór ( big boat ) ranges in length from 10. 5 to 13. 5 metres ( 35 to 44 feet ).
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Two senior FitzGeralds, Garret Mór FitzGerald and his son, Garret Óg FitzGerald served as Lords Deputy of Ireland ( the representative of the Lord of Ireland ( the King of England ) in Ireland ).
In 1325, Maurice FitzMaurice, 4th Baron of Kerry, murdered Diarmaid Óg MacCarthy ( son of Cormac Mór MacCarthy ) in the courtroom at Tralee.
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, () also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius ( fl.
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To prevent this he imprisons his only daughter in the Tór Mór ( great tower ) of Tory Island, cared for by twelve women, who are to prevent her ever meeting or even learning of the existence of men.
In Irish mythology, a number of pagan goddesses are associated with the province including Anann, Áine, Grian, Clíodhna, Aimend, Mór Muman, Bébinn, Aibell and Queen Mongfind.
From west to east they are: Inishmore ( Árainn Mhór / Inis Mór — or ), the largest ; Inishmaan ( Inis Meáin / Inis Meadhóin — ), the second-largest ; and Inisheer ( Inis Thiar / Inis Oírr / Inis Oirthir — or ), the smallest.
There are instances where Norman lords of the time like FitzGerald, took to using the Gaelic style of " The " or " Mór " ( great ) to indicate that the individual was the primary person of his family in Ireland.
These sources, while they offer evidence for the importance of Fergus Mór in Medieval times, are not evidence for his historical career.
The O ' Neills of the Fews are a 15th century branch of the Tyrone or Ó Néill Mór line whereas the O ' Neills of Clanaboy are a High Medieval line.
The most recent legitimate claimants to the royal title of MacCarthy Mór ( Prince of Desmond ) are two close relatives, Barry Trant MacCarthy ( Mór ), now elderly ( b. 1931 ), and the younger Liam Trant MacCarthy ( Mór ) ( b. 1957 ).
They are descendants of Cormac of Dunguil, younger son of Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór, King of Desmond ( d. 1426 ), they belonging to the Srugrena sept, but after applying for recognition still await it following the immense scandal involving the impostor Terence MacCarthy.
Both MacCarthys Mór are descendants of a brother, William Patrick, of Samuel Trant MacCarthy ( d. 1927 ), whose pedigree was registered in 1906 by Sir Arthur Vicars, the Ulster King of Arms, after which he decided to revive the title of MacCarthy Mór.
Aer Arann Islands is a small subsidiary of Aer Arann ; the airline operates between Connemara and Inis Mór, Inis Main and Inis Oir Islands, 3 aircraft are dedicated to the Islands operation.
Subsequent to the end of the MacCarthy Mór sovereignty in Desmond, descendants entitled to the highest Gaelic designation of " Chief of the Name " of the MacCarthy Mór family, are also properly styled as Princes of Desmond.
Blarney CastleThe MacCarthys of Muskerry, on the other hand, derived more recently from the MacCarthys Mór, and so were ( and still are ) considered a sept of the main dynasty.
It should be noted that the Kings of Tara in the Ulster Cycle are the kindred of the Ulaid, the Érainn, and are generally portrayed sympathetically, especially Conaire Mór.
Rossmacowen, Kilmacowen and Buaile Owen most likely are named after Owen Mór and his son.
In this she is associated with sites belonging to her relatives the Uí Fidgenti, although they are not specifically mentioned, and neither is Crimthand Mór, her brother in the other tales.
Loch Lonáin north of the village of Maigh Cuilin ( Moycullen ) and the Aille River between the villages of An Spidéal ( Spiddal ) and Indreabháin ( Inverin ) are the principal features which mark the divide between Gnó Mór and Gnó Beag.
No children of Gormlaith of Ua Fógarta are named and the mother of Toirdelbach's daughter Mór is not recorded.
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Mór Than also designed the first Hungarian postage stamp in 1848, but it was never used because Hungary remained part of the Austrian Empire in that time, after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
In Irish traditional history Eógan ( or Eoghan Mór — a name also used by his grandfather, Mug Nuadat ), eldest son of Ailill Ollamh, was a 2nd or 3rd century AD king of Munster.
He tore down the ruins of the Big Church and used its stones to build the walls and ramparts of the city. A small square stone tablet from An Teampall Mór is today fixed into the porch of the present structure.
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