In the Hearth Money Roll taxes of the 1660s, in the parish of Billy, barony of Cary, there is a Dan McTegart (1666) and a Dan McAttagart (1669) [the latter is very close in pronunciation to the Gaelic form] [probably the same person]. A few miles to the west, in the parish of Ballyrashane, Barony of Dunluce, County Antrim, there is a William Tagart. Between these two, in the townland of Ballyclogh Centre, parish and barony of Dunluce [and adjacent to Priestland] there are Pat, Roger and Owen McTegart and a William Tegart.
agard
and Charlevoix both are catholic priests. The first one is a Franciscan and the
other a Jesuit. Sagard came to New-France as a missionary and publish his History
of Canada» in 1632. Charlevoix came in Canada in 1720 commissioned by the French
government to inquire on the existence of a west sea. He publish is « General
history and description of New-France» in 1744. For him the Huguenots had a bad
influence on the colonization of New-France.
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form: | Sacart |
| Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form: | Sagairt |