My name is Tyler Day. I'm one half Irish, one quarter Spanish, and 1 quarter English. Just last week, I saw a poster of the coats of arms of Irish families, and I found Day on it.
The Irish name O'Dea is derived from the native Gaelic O'Deaghaidh Sept that was located in County Clare in the West of the country. There are a number of variants of this name including Day, O'Dee Daw and even Godwin in County Mayo. It is in the Western Counties that the majority of descendants can still be found.
Mine, although I have no idea what it looks like as my browser appears to be playing silly buggers. If someone could do me a favour and post a screen cap of the image, it would be much appreciated. Although I take it with a pinch of salt, according to various sources, the name Ayris could come from the moon for all we know. According to one source, its a corruption of 'heiress', in another, its french, in another, scottish. And the shield is supposed by one of these companies which my uncle had a look at, to be a red shield with 3 white doves on it.
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Well, my last name, "Gillis" is Scottish, IIRC. However, my Mother's family is as follows:
My Grandmother's last name, on the other hand, is Carney. Which I also discovered is the name of a US Navy warship! I feel so proud!
EDIT: Anyone know where to find a Scottish COA? I'm pretty sure that's where "Gillis" is from. And I know there's a Gillis COA out there; I've seen it.
Last edited by Ice on 2003-06-11 02:58pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Aww, that high number of noblemen visiting the board makes commoners like me feel envious. But at least Mike Wong doesn't have a coat-of-arms. (although his in-laws might have)
"Hi there, would you like to have a cookie?"
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:Aww, that high number of noblemen visiting the board makes commoners like me feel envious. But at least Mike Wong doesn't have a coat-of-arms. (although his in-laws might have)
Oh, Don't feel envious. If we nobles didn't have villeins like you, we'd actually have to work for a living.
Ice wrote:Anyone know where to find a Scottish COA? I'm pretty sure that's where "Gillis" is from. And I know there's a Gillis COA out there; I've seen it.
PS: Now that I think about it, it's more likely to get noticed as another post than an Edit.
Mine's Scottish, I did a google image search For Clan Lindsay Coat of Arms.
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:Aww, that high number of noblemen visiting the board makes commoners like me feel envious. But at least Mike Wong doesn't have a coat-of-arms. (although his in-laws might have)
Oh, Don't feel envious. If we nobles didn't have villeins like you, we'd actually have to work for a living.
What's the good thing about being a henchman??
(ponders the question)
Well, seriously?
"Hi there, would you like to have a cookie?"
"No, actually I would HATE to have a cookie, you vapid waste of inedible flesh!"
Bah. They have no McCarthy COA....I want my mother fucking family coat of arms
