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Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 693 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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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.
Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. [1] A clan (or fine in Irish, plural finte ) included the chief and his patrilineal relatives; [ 2 ] however, Irish clans also included unrelated clients of the chief.
McKenna (name) McKenna is an Irish surname. It derives from the Gaelic name Cináed (Anglicized as Kenneth), meaning, “born of fire.”. It is the anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning "son of Cionnaith", or of the Scottish surname, from Galloway, "MacCionaodha". [1]
Tierney / ˈ t ɪər n i / is an Irish surname, and a female given name.. The name is an Anglicized form of the Irish language surname Ó Tiarnaigh (literally "Descendant of Tiarnach"; historically spelt Ó Tighearnaigh), derived from tiarna, the Irish word for 'lord' or 'master'.
Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán. Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a ...