A genuinely multi-origin name — Mac Searraigh, ‘son of the foal’, Mac Séartha, ‘son of Geoffrey’, and a name taken up by the Welsh Hodnett family after they settled at Courtmacsherry, County Cork.
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Gaelic Origin · Multiple roots, including Mac Searraigh, from searrach, ‘foal’
Sherry carries three genuine roots: Mac Searraigh, ‘son of Searrach’, built on searrach, ‘foal’, historically strong in Leitrim and Ulster; Mac Séartha, ‘son of Séartha’, an Irish form of Geoffrey, centred on County Monaghan; and, separately, a name taken up by the Hodnett family of Welsh origin after they settled in County Cork, giving their name to Courtmacsherry.
A name for a foal, or for Geoffrey, or for a Welsh family that arrived and put their name on a Cork town — Courtmacsherry still carries it today.
Irish form: Mac Searraigh
