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2. Category:Surnames of Irish origin - Wikipedia

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   Anglicised Irish-language surnames‎ (1 C, 423 P) Anglo-Norman Irish dynasties‎ (10 C, 7 P) I. Irish-language surnames‎ (3 C, 86 P) O. O'Shaughnessy family‎ (22 P)

3. O'Hara (surname) - Wikipedia

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   O'Hara (Irish: Ó hEaghra) is a surname. [1] The death of the eponym – Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, lord of Luighne, in Connaught – is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters in 926. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Haras were one of the chiefly families of the "race of Luighne " or "Lugh" who came from the tribe of ...

4. Phelan (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Phelan (surname) Phelan is an Irish surname, one of the two most common anglicisations (the other being Whelan) of the Irish surname Ó Faoláin (which comes from the Irish for "wolf"). [1] The name is commonly seen in the south-east of Ireland, particularly counties Waterford and Kilkenny. Other anglicised forms include Felan and Faelan.

5. McMahon (surname) - Wikipedia

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   The surname came into use around the 11th century by two different Irish clans: The MacMahons of Thomond, a sept of the Dál gCais, and the MacMahons of Oriel, rulers of Airgíalla. Additionally, a separate McMahon family in County Fermanagh is descended from Mahon Maguire, a grandson of Donn Carrach Maguire. [ 2 ]

6. List of Irish-language given names - Wikipedia

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   Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām). There are more historical Irish given ...

7. O'Reilly - Wikipedia

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   O'Reilly (Irish: Ó Raghallaigh) [ 1 ] is a common Irish surname. The O'Reillys were historically the kings of East Bréifne in what is today County Cavan. The clan were part of the Connachta 's Uí Briúin Bréifne kindred and were closely related to the Ó Ruairc (O'Rourkes) of West Bréifne. O'Reilly is ranked tenth in the top twenty list of ...