The Surnames of Ireland |
Contents
Contents | 7 |
Explanation of Technical Terms used in the Text | 15 |
Bibliography of Irish Family History | 223 |
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Common terms and phrases
anglicized form Anglo-Norman Antrim Armagh associated Bibl branch Cavan Clare name cognate counties Derry devotee of St distinct septs Donegal Dublin east Ulster English origin English toponymic erenagh erenagh family fairly numerous Fermanagh form of Mac form of Ó formerly found in Ulster fourteenth century Gaelic form Ireland Irish form Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Leitrim Leix Limerick Longford Louth Mac Giolla mainly found Map Clare Map Cork Map Donegal Map Galway Map Mayo Meath mediaeval mid-seventeenth century Monaghan Munster name belongs name found name in Ireland north Connacht north-east Ulster numerous in Ulster occasional variant Offaly Oriel personal name place-name Plantation of Ulster prefix Mac prominent rare name Roscommon Scottish clan Scottish name Scottish toponymic settled seventeenth century sixteenth century Sligo sometimes spelt teenth century thirteenth century Thomond Tyrone Uí Fiachrach Uí Maine Ulster name usually variant spelling Waterford west Cork Westmeath Wexford Woulfe gives Woulfe says