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Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 700 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Before 1565, the county was known as County Thomond (Irish Tuamhain, from Tuadhmhumhain, meaning "North Munster"). Cork: c. 1200 Munster: Corcaigh Named after the city of Cork, which comes from corcach, meaning "swamp". Donegal: 1584/5 Ulster: Dún na nGall
Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn or Mac Cuinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn". [1] The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn or Mac Cuinn in Irish. [2] The surname is borne by several unrelated families in Ireland, especially in the northern province of Ulster and also the counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo. [3]
The name Gallagher is an anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Gallchobhair, Ó Gallchobhoir (or two alternative spelling forms, Ó Gallchóir and Ó Gallachóir), these being masculine forms; the corresponding feminine forms are Ní Ghallchobhair (newer forms Ní Ghallchóir and Ní Ghallachóir).
Cooney (from O'Cooney, Gaelic: "Ó Cuana") is a common Irish surname. [1] In various forms, the name dates back to the 12th century. It is first associated with County Tyrone then in the province of Connaught, in the townland of Ballycooney, Loughrea barony, in County Galway, then to County Clare, County Mayo, and Dublin.
Kavanagh or Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin, Caomhánach in Irish. It is one of the few Irish surnames that does not traditionally have an O or a Mac in either English or Irish (as it was is an adjectival or descriptive surname). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Tobin (Irish: Tóibín, pronounced [t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; from the Norman surname Saint Aubin, originated with Saint Albinus) is an Irish surname of Norman origin. [1]The Anglo-French Saint Aubin family arrived in Ireland in the wake of the Norman invasion in the 12th century [2] and settled in Counties Tipperary and Kilkenny, and subsequently spread to the neighbouring counties of Cork and ...
O'Sullivan is a surname of Irish origin. The surname is associated with the southwestern part of Ireland, and was originally found in County Tipperary and Kerry before the Anglo-Norman invasion. It is the third most numerous surname in Ireland. Roughly half of O'Sullivans hail from Ireland, with around 50% of the O'Sullivans residing there. [1]
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