When Paul Joseph McHugh was born on 13 November 1945, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States, his father, Frank McHugh, was 29 and his mother, Margaret A McDermott, was 32. He died on 9 May 2003, in his hometown, at the age of 57, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Conal, Sinead, Brigid, Conall, Cormac, Eamon, Eamonn, Fintan, Kieran, Malachy, Patrick Sean.
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha or Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. Thus the name has the same origin as McKay , McGee , and McCoy . See also Hughes 3.
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