Re: ADAIR's original last name
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In reply to:
Re: ADAIR's original last name
10/02/99
There was a Clan-Aedha (Aodha) in Ireland c.1172 and whom well have been there for centuries, and then perhaps written or recorded by the English as Adare (as in Castle Adare).
refer
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T000003/text001.htmlhttp://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T000003/text001.html
M1172.6 refers to the clan as Clann-Aodhe
M1173.7 refers to the clan as Clann-Aedha
The Kennedy family in Scotland whom the Adairs married into may have originated from the O'Kennedy, Lord of Ormond shown on the same page(M1180.9), but I have not checked out their origins.
This perhaps may account for the story of the Kennedy/Kenzie/Adair story of origins.
There was a Kennedze who slew a White Knight.