There are many aspects to this subject
- the same names through the generations according to paternal/maternal and grandparental/parental sequencing
- local suffixes to distinguish the many people of the same christian and surname ie Sean Bouli
- short form christian names sequencing ie jerdarbsean
Progress
Journal article
October 2003: Irish naming practices and the O’Donoghues
July 2019 Naming & nicknaming practices in Glenflesk
October 2019 Irish Naming and Baptism Traditions
January 2021 From Irish Personal Names to Hereditary Surnames, including O’Donoghue
There are more aspects of this subject that we might pursue