gabriel mcerlean was born on 6 June 1927, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom as the son of henry mcerlean and margaret mcerlean. He died on 7 August 2007, in his hometown, at the age of 80.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Declan, Donal, Eamon.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhirléighinn ‘son of the lector’, from fear léighinn ‘man of reading’. This was the title held by the head of a monastic school.
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