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On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 26/06/24 06:41, Stefan Ram wrote:

I was combing through the interwebs for the lowdown on this whole
"electromagnetic mass" of the electron deal (J.J. Thomson, Abraham,
Lorentz, and that crew) when I stumbled upon this gnarly footnote in
"Poincaré on Mass-Energy Equivalence". Then it hit me like a
Mavericks wave - the author was some dude called "P. Moylan"!

It ain't me, babe. Just a coincidence of names.

My uncle is currently trying to organise a Moylan family reunion.
Perhaps I should write to this fellow in Pennsylvania with an invitation.

That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related to
the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he was from
the same small region that my people came from. So there's probably a connection, but we could find the missing links. He died three years
ago, so we likely never will.

Moylan is Irish?


Hugh "Blazes" Boylan -- Works as a musical impresario, managing Molly
Bloom's upcoming concert tour (which is a pretext for his visit on
Bloomsday).


iirc... he is hung like a horse.

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On 30/06/24 17:54, HenHanna wrote:

On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:

That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related
to the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he
was from the same small region that my people came from. So there's
probably a connection, but we could find the missing links. He died
three years ago, so we likely never will.

Moylan is Irish?

Yes. More precisely, it's the anglicisation of an Irish name. The change happened quite a few generations ago, so there's no point in trying to
change it back.

It comes from Irish maol=bald, so I'm probably descended from someone
who wore a tonsure.

My maternal line is Callaghan, also a traditional Irish name. I do,
however, also have some Scottish heritage.

--
Peadar Séamus Ó Maoláin

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On 6/30/2024 2:46 AM, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 30/06/24 17:54, HenHanna wrote:

On 6/25/2024 3:58 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:

That reminds me. An AUE regular once asked me whether I was related
to the linguist Séamus Ó Maoláin. I contacted him, and indeed he
was from the same small region that my people came from. So there's
probably a connection, but we could find the missing links. He died
three years ago, so we likely never will.

Moylan is Irish?

Yes. More precisely, it's the anglicisation of an Irish name. The change happened quite a few generations ago, so there's no point in trying to
change it back.

It comes from Irish maol=bald, so I'm probably descended from someone
who wore a tonsure.

My maternal line is Callaghan, also a traditional Irish name. I do,
however, also have some Scottish heritage.

for a long time, i ddin't realize that Costello was Irish


(dirty) Harry Callahan -- could be Irish or Scottish


>>> Inspector Harold Francis Callahan
(born October 3, 1930), nicknamed Dirty Harry, is a fictional character
and protagonist of the Dirty Harry film series, ...

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