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Breathnach Family History

Breathnach Surname Meaning

from Breathnach ‘Briton’ i.e. a Welsh-speaking immigrant to Ireland.

This is the usual Irish-language spelling of the name; compare the anglicized form Branagh and the English-language version Walsh.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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