From Halfpenny To Macalpin

An niniisiiiu account is given of the ■vdlution of a name. A man nained l.ilipfiiny lived in Dublin at the end of tb last century. been luiic siiiccssiil in business, hin chillien persuaded Slim to chango his lame t a more digniiled one, wfiich ie ilid by dropping the l.-ist letter. In ooumte ï time the ortbography yiae alao clmnged, and when the man lied lic was hui icd as Mr. Halpen. The ortumeB of the family inrreased still urther. and the sou dropped the ■'II." The next 1 1 ausii ion wtcs an equally aey one, and "he who run the streets is Uttle Kenny Halfpenny, came out is Kcnnetli .MiAliiin, the descendant of a hundred