What does mcnamara mean?

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What does mcnamara mean?

my daughter needs to find out the meaning of her teachers surname!

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(origin: Celtic.) From Mac, son, and cu-marra or or con-marra, "the hero of the sea." Con-marra was descended from Cas, King of Thomond, from whom came McConmara, or Macnamara. This family were anciently hereditary lords in the County of Clare.

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