mark hampson (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 04:48 am:
i'm looking to change the family name back to irish by deed poll. My family surname is Hampson i have been told the irish translation is o'hAmhsaigh. Can anyone confirm this is correct and could you translate the name 'Sean Mark Anthony Hampson'
Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 07:32 am:
You don't necessarily have to do a deed pole. For instance, my name is English on my birthcert, but Irish on my passport. When I went to get my latest passport, I had to provide proof that I'd been using my name in Irish for the last two years.
I can give you some "behind the scenes" insight on the process if you contact me privately:
After a lot of searching through numerous "bad" books on names and surnames, I finally found Edward Maclysaght's. He built on Patrick Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames (1923) Slán