Scalaane
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scealláin (“descendant of Sceallán”), a byname from sceallán (“pip, kernel, stone of fruit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Scalaane
- a surname, equivalent to English Scallan
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 1:
- Billeen Scalaane an hys yola moan,
- Billy Scallan and his old woman,
References[edit]
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132