De Bhéal

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

de BHÉAL—XIIde Veel, Veale; Norman 'le Veel,' i.e., the veal, the calf. Compare with de Bacún. This surname, which came into Ireland at the period of the Anglo-Norman invasion, is still well known in Co. Waterford, where it is pronounced de Bhial.

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