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Irish-language surnames (3 C, 86 P) O. O'Shaughnessy family (22 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
According to Professor Edward MacLysaght, in the mid-20th century Gallagher was one of the most common Irish surnames, most of the recorded births being located in the northern province, Ulster, and the western province, Connacht, with the majority being recorded in the homeland of the sept—County Donegal in Ulster. In 1890 it was ranked the ...
Map showing principal Irish surnames at the commencement of the 17th century. Clans of Ireland is a modern organization that was started in 1989 and has eligibility criteria for surnames to be included on their register of Irish clans. This includes that the family or clan can trace their ancestry back to before 1691 which is generally ...
M (a)cLaughlin / mɪˈklɒxlɪn / is the most common Anglicized form of Mac Lochlainn, a masculine surname of Irish origin. The feminine form of the surname is Nic Lochlainn. The literal meaning of the name is "son of Lochlann ". [2] Note that Mc is simply a contraction of Mac, which is also (albeit rarely) truncated to M' .
Ó Mórda. Moore (pronounced / m ʊər / or / m ɔːr /) is a common English-language surname.It was the 19th most common surname in Ireland in 1901 with 15,417 members. [2] It is the 34th most common surname in Australia, 32nd most common in England, [1] and was the 16th most common surname in the United States in 2000.
Walsh (surname) Walsh (Irish: Breathnach) is a common Irish surname, meaning "Briton" or "foreigner" (literally "Welshman" or "Wales"), taken to Ireland by soldiers from Britain, namely Welsh, Cambro-Norman, Cornish and Cumbrian soldiers during and after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is the fourth most common surname in Ireland, [1] and ...
O'Reilly is ranked tenth in the top twenty list of most common Irish surnames. [ citation needed ] It is also the patronymic form of the Irish name Reilly ( Irish : Raghallach ). [ 2 ] The name is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration of the surname found in County Cavan followed by Longford, Meath, Westmeath ...