Guinness (surname)
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This map of Gaelic Ireland shows the territory of the Ulaidh or the Kingdom of Ulidia circa 900 A.D.
The English-language surnames, Guinness, McGuinness, McGinness, McGinniss, and McGinnis are Anglicizations of the Irish surname Mag Aonghuis (pronounced [ˈmˠaɡ ˈiːŋɣəʃ]), which means in English “son of Aonghus (Angus)”. The English language Magennis surname is an even earlier Anglicization of the Irish Mag Aonghuis surname. The McGuinness were a dynasty that ruled in Gaelic Ireland’s Ulidia (kingdom). The McGuinness chiefs ruled in the area of the Kingdom of Ulidia, that is now western County Down in Northern Ireland.[1][2]
Notable people
Main article: Guinness family
- Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), founder of Guinness beer
- Guinness family, prominent descendants of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) and his brother Samuel Guinness (1727–1795)
- Arthur Guinness (New Zealand politician) (1846-1913)
- Alec Guinness (1914–2000), British actor
- Bunny Guinness, landscape architect and broadcaster
- Daphne Guinness (born 1967), artist
- Humphrey Patrick Guinness (1902–1986), British polo player
- Jasmine Guinness (born 1976), model and designer
- Kenelm Lee Guinness (1887–1937), racing driver and spark plug manufacturer
- Matthew Guinness (born 1940), British actor
- Os Guinness (born 1941), author
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names P. Hanks ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2003) Vol. 2 G-N pp 554-555 ISBN 0-19-508137-4
- ↑ John O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p 819
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