Qougeely

Yola

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh. Compare Caugley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊɡiːˈliː/

Proper noun

Qougeely

1. a surname, equivalent to English Quigley
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 1-2:

     Adh Sankt Josef's die, adh a patroon o' Kilmoor, Jameen Qougeely was ee-pealthe.

     At St. Joseph's-day, at the patron of Kilmore, James Cagley was beaten.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110