McGuinness

McGuinness is an Irish surname meaning "son of Aonghus," a Gaelic name associated with vigor or choice.

Common in Ireland and among Irish diaspora communities, it appears with various spellings including McGinnis and Maginnis: The McGuinness family has lived in County Down for generations.

Irish

Dublin

Irish capital city

  • CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
  • GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
  • UlsterIrish northern province

Belfast · Northern Ireland · Eire · emerald · shamrock · craic · brogue · fiddle · jig · St. Patrick

notable

Sinn Féin

Irish republican political party

  • IRATax-advantaged retirement fund
  • politicianElected government official
  • U2Dublin stadium band

manager · athlete · boxer

surname

McGinnis

variant · Anglicization · registry · records · census · immigration · Ellis Island · naturalization · documentation · family

lineage

genealogy

Study of family descent

bloodline · family tree · kinship · pedigree · clan · progeny · heirs · roots · relatives · DNA

Categories
Opposites
Northern Ireland political alignment

McGuinnessloyalism

Allegiance to established authority

unionism

approach to conflict resolution

McGuinnesshardliners

Uncompromising faction members

Margaret Thatcher

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