Manna

Manna
This is a very rare Irish surname. So rare indeed that it is not listed in MacLysaghts Irish Families, generally regarded as the most comprehensive listing of any nationality in the world. The curious thing about this name is that it looks so obviously 'Irish' to the point where it was expected that it would be easy to research. This has not been the case, recordings are few and far between, and the clear inference is that the surname as Manna, Managh, Mannagh or even Mannan is a variant form of something else. The question is of what? The obvious candidate is the surname Monaghon, which is also recorded as Managhan, Monaghan and even Moyniham. Given that until the establishment of the famous National Schools of Ireland between the year 1870 and 1890, less than 10% of the population could even write their name, the margin for error in name recordings is obvious, particularly when coupled with the richness of the Irish accent, and its ability in such a small place to create local dialects which are almost separate languages. In the case of this name the best examples of the recording are to be found in the Famine Lists of 1846 - 1848. Here we have examples such as Michael Manna aged 16, who sailed for New York on the ship "Nonantum" on April 18th 1846, whilst slightly later on July 14th 1846, Anthony Managh aged 28, and with the given occupation of weaver, sailed on the ship "Liverpool of Liverpool"

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  • Manna — • The food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Ex., xvi; Num., xi, 6 9) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Manna     Manna      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Manna — Man na (m[a^]n n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma nna, Heb. m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Manna — Sn die wundersame Nahrung der Israeliten nach dem Auszug aus Ägypten erw. bildg. (14. Jh.), spmhd. mannabrōt Entlehnung. Ist mit verdeutlichender Komposition entlehnt aus spl. manna, dieses aus ntl. gr. mánna, aus hebr. / aram. mān, mannā(ʾ)… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Manna — steht für: Manna (Bibel), sagenhafte Speise der Israeliten auf ihrer Wanderschaft durch die Wüste Manna Esche, eine Laubbaumart aus der Gattung der Eschen Manna (Indonesien), eine Stadt auf Sumatra Manna (Roman), ein Roman von Marshall Brain… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Manna — Manna, 1) (Manna), gelbliche, zuckerartige, undurchsichtige, leicht zerbrechliche, weiche, mehr od. minder trockne, eigen süß schmeckende Substanz, welche aus der Rinde mehrer Eschenarten (Fraxinus excelsior, Fr. ornus, Fr. rotundifolia u.a.) von …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • manna (1) — {{hw}}{{manna (1)}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 Cibo che, secondo la Bibbia, piovve dal cielo sugli Ebrei che attraversavano il deserto | (est.) Grazia celeste, cibo di sapienza divina, verità rivelata da Dio. 2 Cibo, bevanda squisita. 3 (fig.) Cosa vantaggiosa …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • manna — Old English borrowing from L.L. manna, from Gk. manna, from Hebrew man, probably lit. substance exuded by the tamarisk tree, but used in Greek and Latin specifically with reference to the substance miraculously supplied to the Children of Israel… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Manna — (Неймеген,Нидерланды) Категория отеля: Адрес: Oranjesingel 2c, 6511 NS Неймеген, Нидерланды …   Каталог отелей

  • Manna — Manna, ein schleimig süßer, scharf schmeckender, weißer oder blaßgelblicher, eingetrockneter Saft, der von verschiedenen Bäumen, namentlich aber von mehreren Eschenarten, vorzugsweise in Italien und Spanien gewonnen wird. Dieser Saft dringt… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Manna — Manna. Aus den eingeschnittenen Stämmen der M.esche (Fraxinus Ornus L.), eines südeuropäischen, namentlich in Calabrien und Sicilien einheimischen Baumes, fließt im Sommer ein zuckerartiger Saft, welcher durch Vertrocknen an der Luft die M.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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