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SurnamE0 of Wialx'oc Bvi^in, 69
MacCorry and MacCurry [1504] (obsolete), contracted
from MacCoinraidlic, ' Comrad's son.'
* Ui Mac Uais the most festive here
Have O'COMHRAIDHE at their head.'*
The name O'Comhraidhe is still extant, but for many
centuries reduced to obscurity and poverty. In the six-
teenth century it was anglicised CowRY. It is now more
usually CORRY and CURRY.'f
MacNameer (obsolete), from MacNamar a, the anglicised
form of MacConmara, * Cumara's son ' (cu-mara,
' sea-hound ').
'Royal dynast of fine incursions
Is MacConmara, of Mag Adhair.
The territories of wealth are his country.' %
' MacConmara was defeated,' a.d. 131 i.§
This family derives its name from its ancestor
Cumara, son of Domhnall, who was the 22nd in
descent from Cormac Cas.
MacNamara [1511], APNameer [1610], M^'Namear
[1793], after which date it is not found.
The name Meare [1607], Meere [1621],
M*^Meer [i6g8], is probably a further corruption.
It was formerly common in the parish of Jurby.
The name Monier, which was found in the parish
of Lezayre in the last century, is also said to
have been a corruption of M'^Nameer.
Mac Namee [1511] (obsolete), a corrupted form of Mac
Conmeadha.
'Amhlaeibe, the son of MacConmeadha.'JI
It is found as late as 1698. It was always
uncommon.
* O'Dubhagain, p. 13. f O'Donovan, p. 43.
X O'Donovan, p. 127. § Four Mast., Vol. II., p. 499.
II Four Mast., Vol. II., p. 951.