Ireland and Like Surnames These were names originally given to outsiders in the British Isles that became surnames. Thus Walter the Scot became Walter Scott. Outsiders could also have been Welsh, Irish, French or Flemish. These are some of the “outsider” surnames which are covered here. Flemi...
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Learn about Mc vs. Mac surnames and understand how a prefix to a name is used. Explore the history of Scots and Irish surnames and examples of Mac...
Irish Surnames (3,500+) Irish Clan Names (140+) Irish Local Names Explained A handy little guide by P. W. Joyce to the meaning of 1000s of Irish place names and the root words from which many of them are formed. Book contents ...
The Irish Gaelic people used descriptive nouns and adjectives which were meaningful. Early in prehistory some descriptive names began to be used again and again until they formed a name pool for that particular culture. Parents would choose names from the pool of existing names rather than invent...
The oldest and most frequent names appearing in the community are analysed in terms of their etymology. Also some new surnames, some of which are of German or Hungarian (or even Italian or Irish) origin, are devoted some attention.Kolařík...
Scully and Like Surnames The Irish clan or sept names come through the mists of time until they were found in Irish records such as The Annals of the Four Masters. The names were Gaelic and this Gaelic order was preserved until it was battered down by the English in the 1600’s. Some...
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Nevertheless, the largest minority population in Northern Ireland (approximately 42 percent of the total population of 1.66 million) consider themselves to be nationally and ethnically Irish, and they point to the similarities between their national culture and that of the Republic as one reason why ...
Munro and Like Surnames Munro Surname Meaning Tradition has it that the Munros were Irish mercenaries who came to Scotland in the 11th century and fought against the Vikings under Donald Munro, son of the Irish chieftain O’Caenn. As a reward they were granted lands in Ross-shire in the Sc...