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Bye Bye, Bridget – Irish Names Dropped to Minimize Prejudice

1 Comment | 21 October 2009
A recent study found that the Irish Catholic names Bridget and Patrick were used much less often among second-generation Irish than among first-generation Irish in late 19th-century England and Wales. English Protestant names like George and William, on the other hand, were used much more often by these second-generation Irish. Why? Researchers Malcolm Smith and Donald [...]
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