NOBLE SONS OF CUMASCH
You, Alecksandor Gregory Comiskey, are in interesting, if not good, company.
Andrew, a crusader for "healing" the homosexuals
Brendan, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns, who was forced by John Paul II to resign on false allegations of sexual abuse and was ordered to rehabilitation for alcoholism.
Patrick, a well-known wine critic, Rhône Ranger and former sommelier.
Charlie, nicknamed "Commy" and also "The Old Roman". We may know him as the namesake of Comiskey Park, but his debut was as pitcher for the good old St. Louis Brown Stockings in their 1882 season. Charlie went on to own the White Sox during the notorious 1919 World Series scandal. Allegedly, his swindling team members were motivated to gamble in part by a shared contempt for their owner's miserliness; Comiskey even made the players pay to launder their own uniforms. That's awkward. What's also awkward are the names of the people involved with the White Sox in that era: stars "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Harry "Nemo" Leibold, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, "Sleepy" Bill Burns, George "Buck" Weaver, Charles "Swede" Risberg (who dropped out of school in third grade), Claude "Lefty" Williams and Oscar "Happy" Felsch; managers Clarence "Pants" Rowland and William "Kid" Gleason. Why weren't ballplayers allowed to have real names back then?? But I digress. In spite of all the craziness, "Commy" contributed to the formation of the American League (holla!!!).
Recorded in many spellings including MacComiskey, MacCumisky, MacCumesky, and the short forms commencing Mc, as well as many without the suffix at all such as Comiskey, Cumeskey, Commiskey, and Comaskey, this is an Irish surname. It derives from the pre 10th century Olde Gaelic surname "Mac Cumascaigh", translating as the son of Cumascach, the latter being a personal name meaning powerful! It is said that the adjective cumascach refers to mental powers as well as physical ability, although it has to be said that most early Irish surnames have a "warrior" base. This great sept originated in the Clones area of County Monaghan and from hence moved south to inhabit counties Cavan, Longford and Westmeath. In the Hearth Money Rolls of County Monaghan, dated 1664 - 1666 McComiskie is widely recorded, and Roger Commoskey, of Dundalk, appears on a list or army personnel of the 17th century, Dundalk being over the border from the homeland of the sept. It is interesting to note that Comerford is occasionally used as an anglicized form of Mac Cumascaigh in the Cavan-Longford area. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Teag Mac Cumascaigh. This was dated 1000 a.d, in the ancient records of Clones, County Monaghan, during the reign of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, 1002 - 1014. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.© Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2013
On another note entirely, imagine if Pops's biological family was named Lopes, Peres or Medina?
PS: I came across this article about queer beer while doing "research" for this posting.
Andrew, a crusader for "healing" the homosexuals
Brendan, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns, who was forced by John Paul II to resign on false allegations of sexual abuse and was ordered to rehabilitation for alcoholism.
Patrick, a well-known wine critic, Rhône Ranger and former sommelier.
Charlie, nicknamed "Commy" and also "The Old Roman". We may know him as the namesake of Comiskey Park, but his debut was as pitcher for the good old St. Louis Brown Stockings in their 1882 season. Charlie went on to own the White Sox during the notorious 1919 World Series scandal. Allegedly, his swindling team members were motivated to gamble in part by a shared contempt for their owner's miserliness; Comiskey even made the players pay to launder their own uniforms. That's awkward. What's also awkward are the names of the people involved with the White Sox in that era: stars "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Harry "Nemo" Leibold, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, "Sleepy" Bill Burns, George "Buck" Weaver, Charles "Swede" Risberg (who dropped out of school in third grade), Claude "Lefty" Williams and Oscar "Happy" Felsch; managers Clarence "Pants" Rowland and William "Kid" Gleason. Why weren't ballplayers allowed to have real names back then?? But I digress. In spite of all the craziness, "Commy" contributed to the formation of the American League (holla!!!).
Recorded in many spellings including MacComiskey, MacCumisky, MacCumesky, and the short forms commencing Mc, as well as many without the suffix at all such as Comiskey, Cumeskey, Commiskey, and Comaskey, this is an Irish surname. It derives from the pre 10th century Olde Gaelic surname "Mac Cumascaigh", translating as the son of Cumascach, the latter being a personal name meaning powerful! It is said that the adjective cumascach refers to mental powers as well as physical ability, although it has to be said that most early Irish surnames have a "warrior" base. This great sept originated in the Clones area of County Monaghan and from hence moved south to inhabit counties Cavan, Longford and Westmeath. In the Hearth Money Rolls of County Monaghan, dated 1664 - 1666 McComiskie is widely recorded, and Roger Commoskey, of Dundalk, appears on a list or army personnel of the 17th century, Dundalk being over the border from the homeland of the sept. It is interesting to note that Comerford is occasionally used as an anglicized form of Mac Cumascaigh in the Cavan-Longford area. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Teag Mac Cumascaigh. This was dated 1000 a.d, in the ancient records of Clones, County Monaghan, during the reign of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, 1002 - 1014. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.© Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2013
The apple doesn't fall far from the Mac Cumascaigh!
PS: I came across this article about queer beer while doing "research" for this posting.
1) I now know what sort of psychoses lack of sleep may induce
ReplyDelete2) this is BRILLIANT and also I have always wanted to be described as 'miserly,' even if it was referring to a false ancestry
ReplyDelete3) Your commentary is beyond the pale.
ReplyDelete4) You're welcome for baseball
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