Gaelic Irish translation of "Chesney" - "Mac an tSasanaigh or Mac Se�in"

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257 months ago

Sean Chesney (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Gaelic Irish
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Chesney
Context:	My last name translated to be
Keywords:	-

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257 months ago

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Mac an tSasanaigh or Mac Se�in

My comment:

Difficult to be sure. Chesney: origins in French placename meaning 'oak grove'. As surnames did not exist as we know them today settlers from France to Britain from these areas were called Chesney. Apparently adopted into Scottish/Irish as McChesney. Seems it could have been gaelicized to 'Mac an tSasanaigh' meaning 'Son of the Saxon or English' which would have been more likely the Scottish case. This has been also angliscized to 'Tarsney'. Chesney also linked to Cheyne which was gaelicized to 'Mac Se�in' meaining son of John. This seems more likely in Ireland than Scotland. It could also be your family dropped the Mc down through the years or else never used a gaelicized form.

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