Michi something (my computer's configuration won't read the last part of the
name) wrote:

> [MacHamish's] surname's Irish

What an odd thing to say. MacHamish is about as Scottish as it gets (check
any information on the Gunn clan, e.g.,
http://www.yourscottishname.com/gunn_clan.htm, or
http://www.geocities.com/sconemac/septgunn.html). Have you never heard of
MacHamish Scotch whiskey (http://www.geocities.com/jordan_m30/malts.html)?

From what I can gather, the name exists in Ireland mainly in the north.
Without (admittedly) knowing much about it, I'd assume it was brought there
by Scottish Protestants.

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John
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