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I always thought malarkey might have somehow come from Malachy... like the first guy people coined the phrase about was named Malachy... but looking it up I guess not. It's a surname and as the word the dictionary says it's an Americanism of unknown origin. Too bad.
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Just thought exactly the same thing.:) You might find this interesting, especially the last few comments: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=167337
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Ha, I like the Mullarky potato famine people theory.
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