In Ireland the prefix Mc or Mac on a second name is part of our history and language. A lot of people have names like McGraw or McGuire. Also in Ireland, as a left over of how Irish language works, its not unusual to give someone a sort of nickname by adding āyoung(small)ā or ābigā in front of their name. (it flows better in Irish but we still do it). This combined with an abbreviation of second names being used as their nickname youd end up with people being called āYoung Daveā or, and Iām sure you can see where this is going, āBig Macā
In 1978 one such person opened a fast food restaurant called Supermacs and they just happened to sell a burger called a Big Mac. They became wildly popular and can be found in most towns in Ireland. Their food is actually pretty good.
Now, a certain large restaurant chain didnāt take kindly to this cuz they thought they owned the idea first (they didnāt) and they brought the relitively small fast food chain to court to force them to stop using the name ābig macā and anything with the prefix Mc. Yaknow, the way Irish people have named ourselves since before Irish was a written language.
In a wild twist they lost and in doing so lost all exclusivity of the prefixes in all of Ireland so now any restaurant can sell a ābig macā and they do. Most chipshops do a Big Mac of some variety.
Unfortunately McDonalds werenāt happy with this for some reason and brought the case to the European Courts in 2019 or so⦠and THEY FUCKIN LOST AGAIN.
So, if youāre ever in Ireland you should treat yourself to a Supermacs. Not cuz theyāre food is amazing, itās not, itās just ok but by god the idea that some rich fuckin assholes spend years in courts and spent a fortune trying to sue a small buisness out of their family name and then lost, twice, sure does make it taste amazing.