(Monday, March 2, 2026) full moon Virgo
I looked up the last name of my great-grandmother Bridget Doyle. Doyle: descendant of Dubhghall, “dark foreigner” or “dark stranger.” The term Dubhghoill referred to Danish Vikings. Fionnghoill (“fair foreigners”) was used to describe light-haired Norwegians. The surname Dubhghall is associated with Viking settlers who integrated into Irish society. Certainly most of my Irish ancestors had jet-black hair, including my mother. Interesting to have this last name when Bridget was born in a territory with many Scandinavian settlers (Minnesota).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyle
This lovely story also made me think of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of “Sherlock.” Sherlock seemed to show up in one of my recent dreams.
A distant cousin with the last name of Doyle contacted me via Ancestry.com a few years ago.