De-Anglicisation of Names

[slohairt]

Thanks for the entertainment, I've just spent a very pleasant hour or so reading through all of this post. While the origin of most of my family names is relatively easy to track down I've always struggled with my own name, McCorriston.

I agree, it is a difficult name. The best I could find (so far), were vague topographical references suggesting it was a name meaning McCorrie's Town. I think that rather unlikely, though. It's probable that it just a really bad Anglicisation that will take some time sorting out. I'll keep looking.