| surname | Collins |
| forenames | John (Jack) A. |
| origin | Canada |
| notes | INFORMANT: JOHN (JACK) A. COLLINS (70s yrs. in 1983) SOUTHWEST MARGAREE Notes: JAC retired teacher; interested in Irish language, had visited Dublin and purchased Dinneen’s dictionary in Hodges Figgis bookshop). Tendency to correct pronunciation of sr- from [str-] to [sr-]. Both he and brother [name?] fluent, competent Gaelic-speakers. Informant and bro. illustrate how Irish surnames (as also Dunne, Farrell, Coady) are to be encountered among the last surviving Gaelic-speakers in Cape Breton. Many more have Irish family heritage on their mothers’ and grandmothers’ side. Their Irish forebears would often have come from Louisbourg or across from Newfoundland. |
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