Heron - Anglicised Surnames in Ireland

Author	Padraig Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh
Date	1923
Source	Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland
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Heron—This name in Ulster, particularly in the North East, is a late anglicised form of M'Ilheron (Mac Giolla-Chear´in), a form of McElharan.

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