2006-06-05 10:28:35 · 45 answers · asked by Uzeless 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
What are you basing this question on? Have you seen a list stating this or just your idea here? If you were to see lots of irish names you would propably not be able to pronounce them! Irish names are Gaelic names.......please clarify......
2006-06-05 10:32:48 · answer #1 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baiscally it goes like this.
There was an Englishman and an Irishman.
The Englishman was very enthusiastic and discovered and named places all over the world, whilst the Irishman relaxed and drank guinness. After a while the Englishman needed a rest after naming so many places and writing out signs for all the place names.
Meanwhile the Irishman had had quite a few pints of Guiness and on his way back from the pub saw the signs and thought I am blowed the Englishman has named all the places.
Anyway he was still very laid back and couldn't be bothered to put up his own signs, so he just put O' infront of every sign he passed all over the world.
And if you go to any where in the world where the Irish have been you can still see the Irish names with O' in front today. LOL
2006-06-08 11:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by sloop john b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mass exodus of Irish men ,from Ireland to England.
English men were out fighting wars and colonising the world for their Queen.
In the process the good o' Irish serviced the poor,deprived lasses and produced babies - to which they gave Irish names.
Consider the exponential effect theron.
2006-06-07 21:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by Basil P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many, many English names, but the English do not feel it necessary to broadcast this fact incessantly across the planet like the Irish do!
2006-06-13 00:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by tacrj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the English ones are unlisted from the Irish ones.
2006-06-05 22:24:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably immigration because of the Irish potato famine. I can trace my ancestry back to 1774 in America. My ancestors were mostly Irish, Scottish and British.
But I'm not sure that there are more Irish names in America.
2006-06-17 23:23:15 · answer #6 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Irish are good
2006-06-14 04:56:57 · answer #7 · answered by velayoudame c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of english with irish names.
2006-06-10 23:40:29 · answer #8 · answered by webby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think there are more Irish names than there are English
2006-06-05 10:32:28 · answer #9 · answered by Jules 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Irish names are written in English now-a-days! Otherwise people would find them hard to pronounce!
2006-06-14 00:51:48 · answer #10 · answered by politicalghettogirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋