Also known as Maldwyn, Montgomeryshire in Welsh is sir drefaldwyn meaning “the Shire of Baldwin’s Town." The Town Montgomery, which the shire named, took it’s name after one of William the Conqueror’s leading counselors. Local government reforms in 1974 combined the areas of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and Breconshire to form Powys county. As a result, Montgomeryshire became a district of Powys. However, in 2019 a referendum on restoring a County Council for Montgomeryshire was held, resulting in the region leaving Powys.","County Tipperary, (Tipperary, Cross Tipperary, Contae Thiobraid Árann)
Named after the town in the province of Munster, County Tipperary was established in the early 13th century. Referred to as the "Premier County" in the 1840s, a tribute to the nationalistic feeling in Tipperary. The editor of the Nation newspaper said, "where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows." Following the Norman invasion, the Kingdom of Munster was claimed as a lordship. By 1210, the sheriffdom of Munster shired into Tipperary and Limerick. "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" written by Jack Judge is based on Tipperary since his grandparents came from the county.","Most Welsh surnames are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/wales_montgomeryshire.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/island_of_ireland_sligo.webp?pos=floatRight","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Mick","sU":"MICKSCH","oC":"GR","o":"German","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/MICKSCH/GR/Mick/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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