Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland
Waters, Watters—There are about five names anglicised as above. In the district about Oughterard the name Fourisk; about Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, the names Foorish and Furish; and in the Northern parts of Sligo the name Uiske have been anglicised Waters; the Gaelic forms, respectively, being O'Fuairisc and O'h-Uisce.
Whorisky and Horisky (O'Fuaruisce) have likewise been anglicised Waters; the word uisge—water, entering into the construction of the names.
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