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After the creation of the Irish Free State, it was given its current name. Leitrim: 1565–83 Connacht: Liatroma Named after the village of Leitrim. The name 'Leitrim' itself is derived from the Irish Liath Druim, meaning 'grey ridge', and is a commonplace name throughout Ireland. Limerick: c. 1200 Munster: Luimneach
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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]
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 ...
In Ireland the surname is strongly associated with Ulster and prevalent in counties Antrim, Armagh and especially Monaghan.In Ulster it originated in County Tyrone, and is the Anglicized form of Mac Conallaidh 'son of Cú Allaidh'; a Gaelic name of the Cenél nEógain clan meaning the 'wild hound', i.e. 'wolf'.
The name is among the forty most common names in Ireland, among the top twenty-five in Ulster, ten in County Cavan, thirty in County Monaghan and is the single most common name in County Fermanagh. Maguiresbridge in County Fermanagh (Irish: Droichead Mhig Uidhir) takes its name from the family.
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