Guinness (surname)
This map of Gaelic Ireland shows the territory of the Ulaidh or the Kingdom of Ulidia circa 900 A.D.
The English language Guinness surnames, Guinness, McGuinness, McGinness, McGinniss and McGinnis, are Anglicizations of the Irish surname Mag Aonghuis, 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