Names & Surnames
Featuring old Irish names, translations of names from Irish to English, family names (and their specific websites of tribute), as well as the ever popular baby name lists.
"Non-members can search the surname list for their family names but cannot see the Members' contact information; we limit general access to protect Members’ privacy."
The Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly 60,000 individuals in 1796. This link contains some of those from Co. Roscommon.
Contains information relating to certifications, church records, Co. Cork, Co. Longford, maps, and names.
The following were the names of the principal families in Ireland, of Irish, Anglo-Norman, and Anglo-Irish origin. This list from "Irish Pedigrees" by John O'Hart, vol. 2.
"Adventurers for land in Ireland." From "Irish Pedigrees" by John O'Hart, Vol. 2.
The legendary Fianna of Ireland were a band of mighty noble warriors. Entrance was governed by strict tests and codes of honour. Yet the Fianna also had to be knowledgeable of culture, and more specifically they had to be poets. The Fianna Study Group for Irish Genealogy tries to bring the finest values to you through this web site.
The Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly 60,000 individuals in 1796. Spinning wheels were awarded based on the number of acres planted. People who planted one acre were awarded 4 spinning wheels and those growing 5 acres were awarded a loom. Broken down by county.
A collection of names related to one particular researcher in Kilglass Parish, Co. Sligo.
General resource site for the name "Teskey", with links to the Irish Palotine Organisation and their records.
General resource site for the name family "Roulstone". Run by Simon Roulstone.
General resource site for the family name "O'Donnell". Features all relevant information such as news, details of up-coming events, etc. pertaining to the O'Donnell Clan Association along with bits of history, songs, and poems relating to the O'Donnell Clan.
... is the world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one person or couple).
The Butler Society was founded in 1967 and has published The Journal of The Butler Society since 1968. A Butler Rally is held every three years in Kilkenny, Ireland. Members come from many countries including Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Spain, Argentina and South Africa.
This website was formed to promote the interests of all O'Briens (O'Briain, O'Brian, O'Briant, O'Breen, O'Bryen, O'Bryon, O'Bryan, O'Bryant, Bryan, Bryant, Bryen, Brian, Brien, Briend, Briens, Brine, Brion, MacBrien, MacBryen, McBrian, McBrien, McBryen and other fine families) who are descended from our progenitor, Brian Boru.
The Cassidy Clan is a perpetual hereditary association comprised of persons that bear the Cassidy surname or are descended from an ancestor with the Cassidy surname or any of the variant spellings of Cassidy. In the United States, many Cassidy variations exist, including Cassity, Cassaday and Casada. We are a nonprofit organization founded and based in Ireland, and run entirely by volunteers from around the world.
General resource site for the family name "Claffee" in Moate, Co. Westmeath.
William Kelly (1787-1857) and Mary (Bryans) Kelly (1789-1849) so far are our founding family, with nine children - 6 boys and 3 girls. most of the children emigrated to the USA mainly Johnson County, Kansas and Merrickville area of Ontario, Canada.
General resource site for the family name "Magner". Includes census records and graveyard records.
The home of the Clan Egan, for the descendants of Aodhagáin, hereditary Brehons (or Judges) in Connaught, Leinster and Ormond. This includes the anglicised names MacEgan, Egan, Eagan, Eagen, Agin, Agins and Keegan.
This site tells the story of two American families: the Jones family (my family) and the Dumond family (my husband's family). Our families come from two very different places and backgrounds.
The official home page of the world wide Boylan clan. If your name is (or used to be) O'Baoighealláin, O'Baoilean, O'Beollain, O'Boleyn, Boleyn, Boylen, Boyland, Boland, Baylon or Boylan or if you simply had a Boylan ancestor, you are in some way, a member of the clan.
Irish genealogy research, surname history, coat of arms information, ancestor reports, plus information on tracing your Irish ancestors.
Pages for all common Irish surnames, and a page for each of the 64,000 townlands.
Irish surnames explained, Irish genealogy, Irish coats of arms, and how to start the search for your Irish roots.
Directories, census records, death records, military records, names, and passenger lists.
Irish Roots provides guidelines for finding your Irish Ancestry and information on the origins of Irish Surnames.
"Our new network allows you to control and easily update your surnames of interest whilst automatically searching other networks for matches."
General resource site including Irish-Canadian surnames and passenger lists.
Unusual, and even exotic sounding Irish baby names are becoming hugely popular but how do you pronounce these unfamiliar syllables, what do these Gaelic-rooted names mean and what are their English language equivalents?
Library Ireland is a free online resource of books and articles on Irish history, genealogy, and culture generally. It's aim is to entertain and inform, and to promote interest in all aspects of historical Ireland.
Mentioning of Ahern's in Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation records, passenger lists, newspapers, military records, and so on.
While the Huguenots were not great in number, they were very important in the history of Ireland, and in particular in the development of the textile industry here. It was they who brought knowledge of linen manufacture and established the production of linen, silk and poplin here for the first time. The world renowned Irish Linen owes its existance to these long ago immigrants from France.
The names of the Wicklow men were provided by Dr Ruán O'Donnell. They directly relate to his recent book titled "The Rebellion in Wicklow 1798" which contains over 440 pages. It was published by the Irish Academic Press in Dublin, 1998 ISBN 0 716 526 94 8.
"1st son was named after the father's father. 2nd son was named after the mother's father. 3rd son was named after the father. 4th son was named after the father's eldest brother."
Foremost in the field of Irish name derivation seems to be Edward MacLysaght, who served as Chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission, among other significant posts. There are a number of works in this area, and this webpage has tried to "highlight" what they have to say regarding the derivation of the name Montague in Ireland.
Here you can learn about the history of the MacAuliffes - their lands and castles, the battles they fought - and read their ancient legends. You can also read about MacAuliffes who have achieved fame and distinction, or find out what is happening with the clann today, including the Rally that is held where the clann once had its lands (the next rally is in July 2012).
Grant family genealogy from pre-Norman Conquest to the present day. This is the place to come to get information about the Grant family in Southern Ireland. Grants arrived in Kilkenney in 1169 and moved from there outwards.
Storys / Storeys had been in Ireland since 1480, - Co. Westmeath - where a Rev. John V. Story was Rector of Delvin Parish. However from 1650, Storys / Storeys began settling in Ireland as a result of happenings in Cumberland, Westmoreland & Northumberland, where feuding was commonplace among the local families there.
In the past it has been difficult to research Irish genealogy. However, with the advancement of on-line resources, the task of finding Irish roots has become more rewarding. Whether you are just starting out on the journey of finding your Irish ancestors or have been building your Irish family tree for a while, we hope you will find our website helpful. Our aim is to make the task of researching your Irish ancestry as easy as possible by providing you with useful information and links to Irish genealogy resources.
You generally won't be able to pinpoint an exact birthplace just from a surname, but you can get some ideas about distributions of surnames and families in Ireland with this tool.
The current version of this article contains the names of over 1600 women and over 3600 men and is intended as a representative sample of the data available. The term Anglicized Irish is generally used to refer to Irish Gaelic words rendered in a phonetic or pseudo-phonetic form in historical documents written by an English speaker.
An effort has been made to bring together many ideas and resources which might be of use to one beginning research in Ireland, or to one who has been researching and is looking for new ideas. This guide was begun as a study group project for the Genealogy Course #33 at Virtual University for the fall 1997 term, and is being added to constantly.
The NRA contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history. Historical Manuscripts Commission for the United Kingdom.
"We would like this site to be a place that McConvilles in Ireland, Australia, Britain, Canada, the U.S. and anywhere else in the world can use as a resource. We have information on some McConvilles that we plan use on this site, from young Oisin McConville, of the Crossmaglen Rangers Football Club in Co. Armagh to Henry McConville, the South Australian pioneer. We even have had McConvilles chasing after Chief Joseph and the Nez-Pierce Indians in the western U.S."
"The Clann O DubhGhaill / Clan Doyle Exists to promote and strengthen a mutual interest and fellowship throughout the World between all persons bearing the family name of Doyle, Doyel, O'Doyle, or their relatives."
Surname database, town database, 1901 Census, and 1749 Elphin Census database.
This site provides a wealth of information on all aspects of tracing your Irish Genealogy, History, Irish Surnames, Irish Coat of arms and the sort of life your Irish roots might have led in Ireland.
"Aim: To make information freely available, with your help. It all helps someone, somewhere, sometime."
A family-oriented place to find baby names for boys and girls. Find baby names by gender, origin, meaning and more.
A native of Ireland, the country from which the nominal founder of the family came. Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
It is a help when tracing your family history to know something about the origin of and evolution of Irish names and particularly how names have changed over the centuries. Early times: In ancient Ireland the population was much smaller than today and the mass movement of people was uncommon. It was usual therefore for a person to be known only by one name: Niall, Eoin, Art, etc. Once there was no one else in the locality with the same name then this was not a problem.
A study of 1890 Irish birth registrations for the county of Kilkenny indicate Brennan as the most common surname with 2195 individuals of this name, followed by Walsh with 2016, Murphy with 1568, Ryan with 1523, Carroll with 1120, Byrne and Butler with 986 each, Maher with 941, Dunne with 896, Phelan with 805; Kelly, Neill, Power and Purcell each with 762, and Delaney and Dowling with 727 each.
There are now over 500 names registered on the Carlow surname registry.
Discover the meaning of your surname, find your coat of arms and view products with family coat of arms for your surname.
Discover the meaning of your surname, find your coat of arms and view products with family coat of arms for your surname.
"The Blakes came with the Normans (circa 1170 AD) through Wales as ‘Caddells’. On member of the family was considered particularly dangerous so they named him ‘Black’ or ‘Le Blaca’ and there the Blake name began to evolve."
The Soundex code was developed to help negate the effects of all the spelling variations that can occur for similar sounding names (Meyer, Meier, Mire, and Smith, Smithe, Smythe, etc.).
Many of the place names in Ireland are anglicised versions of the way the original Irish (Gaelic) name was spoken.
On surname lists, it really pays to take the time to go down the whole thing carefully. Often names have been spelled many ways, and one needs to play with them phonetically in order not to miss one's goal due to "odd" spellings.
Meanings of the Sullivan name: Then there is the story of an Irish chieftan that lost an eye in battle and became known as One-Eye.
These two countries are grouped together because the native language in each was Gaelic.
Connect with your Murphy name heritage & read articles, features and discussions on the Murphy name. Claim your Murphy birth-right with a free, personalized Murphy Clan Membership Certificate available for all visitors.
A site representing the Irish Clan Ó Flannagáin, Chiefs of Uachtartire. This clan who were sub-Chiefs to The Ó Faoláin, Lords of the Déise, was a historically distinct sept which can be differentiated from other clans of the same name.
For a brief history of your surname, type it in the box below and click on the search button.
For the City and County of Limerick, The Mayor, Recorder and Sheriffs for the time being, Henry, Earl of Thomond.
Names of householders in St. Johnstown, Co. Donegal.
The LibraryIreland.com project was commenced in February 2005 with the aim of providing free information on all aspects of Ireland - antiquities, biography, folklore, genealogy, history, names, social history, and much more besides.
The single most important item of information for Irish family history research is a precise place of origin, and the most important tool in identifying Irish placenames is the 1851 General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, parishes and Baronies of Ireland.
This website is supported by the Cultural Diversity Programme of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council.
Parish records were either written in English or Latin. Never in Irish. The surname always retains the English spelling.
Irish surnames are very important, especially the unusual ones and there are so many unusual names to be found in our records.
Those surnames with an asterisk are listed in 'The Surnames of Ireland' Edward MacLysaght, sixth edition (1997), published by the Irish Academic Press, ISBN 0-7165-2364-7.
The index is alphabetical, each link brings you to all names beginning with those of the link and names beginning with other letters up to those of the next link.
Many people insist that the way they spell their surname is the ‘exact’ way that they have to find it spelled. They don’t understand that way back then, whenever then was, surnames were spelled phonetically a lot of the time.
Let me show you a little about the first names in Roman Catholic parish records. We hear or we are told that such and such a name is very common, but how often do any of you look and actually see this if you are looking at records?
Barnwall, Baron, Bathe, De, Butler, Baron, Dillon, Dowdall, Fitz-Eustace, Baron, Chevers, Cruise, Fitzgerald (or Fitzgibbon), Cusack (O'Cisoghe) The White Knight, Dalton, Baron, Darcy, Dardis, Fleming, Baron, Geneville, De, Lord, Lacey, De,