Ó hAimheirgin

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

Ó hAIMHEIRGIN, Ó hAIMHIRGIN—IO Havergan, O Hemergin, Mergin, Bergin, Bergen, Bergan, Berrigan, &c.; 'descendant of Aimhirgin' (wondrous birth); the name of an Offaly family who were formerly chiefs of the barony of Geashill; still common in Leinster, but long corrupted to Ó Meirgin and Ó Beirgin, which see.

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