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Irish Counties

For Irish provinces (e.g. Ulster) please see the main Ireland page.

County Antrim

McClure, Edmund. The surnames of the inhabitants of the County Antrim, and their indications. Belfast: 1874.

County Cavan

O’Sullivan, Mary. "The surnames of County Cavan." Irish Roots (Summer 1998): 8-9.

County Clare

________. "Surnames of County Clare." North Munster Antiquarian Journal , no. 12(1969): 85-89.
Abstract: Lawson2

Flynn, Pat. ‘A local habitation and a name : some Clare surnames’. The Other Clare 14 (1990), 56-60.

Flynn, Pat. ‘Names to conjure with : a perspective on Clare surnames’. The Other Clare 19 (1995), 60-63.

Schorman, Sonia. ‘Surnames of County Clare’. Irish Roots 3 (1996), 22-23.

Notes: Post 1700

County Cork

Cadogan, Jim. ‘Surnames of County Cork’ Irish Roots 3 (1994), 14-15.

Ó Murchadha, Diarmuid. Family names of County Cork. Dun Laoghaire: Glendale, 1985.
Notes: Facsimile edition by Collins Press, 1996 (isbn 1898256136)
Abstract: Lawson2: "Has separate articles on about 50 of the best known surnames such as Sullivan and Leahy"

County Donegal

Easpaig, Fergus Mac Giolla. ‘The Gaelic families of Donegal’. In Nolan, William; Ronayne, Liam; Dunlevy, Mairead (ed.), Donegal : history & society: interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1995), 759-838.

Notes: late medieval

Spears, Arthur. ‘Surnames of County Donegal’ Irish Roots 2 (1995), 27-
28.

County Down

O’Kane, William. ‘Surnames of County Down’. Irish Roots 1 (1996), 22-23.

County Fermanagh

Adams, G.B. "Surname landscapes in Fermanagh." Bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society Second Series, no. 3(1980): 56-68.
Abstract: Lawson1: "Extensive listing of surnames in 3 sections of this county and also the town of Enniskillen. Tables show name frequencies and distribution."

O’Kane, William. ‘Surnames of Co. Fermanagh’. Irish Roots 2 (1996), 20-21.

Turner, Brian. ‘An observation on settler names in Fermanagh’. Familia 2:8 (1992), 145-149.

Turner, Brian S. Surname landscape in the County of Fermanagh. Turner Circle, 2002.
Notes: Folded map. Isbn-0954364600
Abstract: “The first in an authoritative new series of full colour maps and accompanying information which reveal the contemporary surname ‘landscapes’ of Ulster’s counties…. also included a breakdown of the top 100 names in the county”

County Galway

O’Neill, T. P. ‘Surnames of County Galway’. Irish Roots 1 (1994), 26-28.

County Kerry

O’Connor, Tom. ‘Surnames of County Kerry’. Irish Roots 3 (1995), 12-13.

County Laois

Dowling, Francis. ‘Surnames of County Laois’. Irish Roots, 4 (1996), 21-22.

County Limerick

[anon]- "Surnames of County Limerick." Irish Roots , no. 28(1998).

County Leitrim

Ó Suilleabhain, Seán. ‘Surnames of County Leitrim’.Irish Roots 4 (1994), 15-16.

County Londonderry

Mitchell, Brian. The surnames of Derry. Derry: Genealogical Centre, 1992.

Turner, Brian. ‘Family names: notes and queries on Derry’s top ten’. Templemore, 3 (1990), 46-48.

County Longford

O’Leary, David. ‘The surnames of County Longford’. Irish Family History, 6 (1990), 21-24.

County Mayo

Delaney, Gerard M. ‘Surnames of County Mayo’. Irish Roots 1 (1995), 21-22.

County Meath

French, Noel E. ‘Surnames of County Meath’ Irish Roots 2 (1992), 14-15.

County Offaly

Kearney, John. ‘Surnames of County Offaly’. Irish Roots 4 (1995), 26-27.

County Roscommon

McGowan, Eileen. ‘Surnames of County Roscommon’.Irish Roots 1 (1993), 20-21.

County Sligo

Irish Heritage Foundation. ‘The prominent names in Co. Sligo today’. Irish Heritage Links 3:10 (1990), 31-36.

MacHale, Edward. ‘Tireragh names from the Sligo hearth money rolls of 1662’. North Mayo Historic Journal 2:3 (1989-90), 39-46.

County Tipperary

Marnane, Denis G. ‘Surnames of County Tipperary’. Irish Roots 2 (1994), 25-26.

County Waterford

Burtchaell, Jack. ‘The geography of Déise surnames’. Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society 50 (1994), 37-59.

Walton, Julian. ‘Surnames of County Waterford’. Irish Roots 1 (1992), 14-16.

County Westmeath

Keaney, Marian. ‘Surnames of County Westmeath’. Irish Roots 4 (1992), 20-21.

County Wexford

Murphy, Hilary. ‘Surnames of County Wexford’. Irish Roots 3 (1992), 20-21.

County Wicklow

Gory, Paul. ‘Surnames of County Wicklow’. Irish Roots 1 (1997), 22-24.
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