[PDF] The Surnames Of Ireland eBook

Author : Edward MacLysaght
Publisher : Irish Academic Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 1988-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1911024647

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Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. More than 4,000 Gaelic, Norman and Anglo-Irish surnames are listed in this book, giving a wealth of information on the background and location of Irish families. Edward MacLysaght was a leading authority on Irish names and family history. He served as Chief Herald and Genealogical Officer of the Irish Office of Arms. He was also Keeper of Manuscripts of the National Library of Ireland and was Chairman of the Manuscripts Commission. This book, which was first published in 1957 and now is in its sixth edition, is being reprinted for the fourth time and remains the definitive record of Irish surnames, their genealogy and their origins.

Author : Kay Muhr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 2365 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 019252478X

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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland contains more than 3,800 entries covering the majority of family names that are established and current in Ireland, both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It establishes reliable and accurate explanations of historical origins (including etymologies) and provides variant spellings for each name as well as its geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes for family names that have more than 100 bearers in the 1911 census of Ireland. Of particular value are the lists of early bearers of family names, extracted from sources ranging from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, providing for the first time, the evidence on which many surname explanations are based, as well as interesting personal names, locations and often occupations of potential family forbears. This unique Dictionary will be of the greatest interest not only to those interested in Irish history, students of the Irish language, genealogists, and geneticists, but also to the general public, both in Ireland and in the Irish diaspora in North America, Australia, and elsewhere.

Author : Ida Grehan
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN : 9781568331904

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Names, origins, and histories of Ireland's most legendary and colorful clansRanging from historically weighty detail to whimsical tidbits, this compendium of colorful Irish names is set to become a standard reference. Each of the 550 entries includes a brief history of a given name, related forms, origins and geographical distribution, famous people who have borne the name, and relevant Irish history.

Author : Brian Mitchell
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 9780806354576

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The dynamic history of North West Ireland can be seen in the richness and variety of it surnames. Mitchell has attempted to compile concise but informative histories of those surnames which are most closely associated, through numerical strength or uniqueness, with North West Ireland.

Author : Robert Bell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,91 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781909556867

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The Book of Ulster Surnames has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the nine county province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives the meaning and history of each name, its original form, where it came from - Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or France - and why it changed to what it is today. The index is an essential asset to the publication - providing nearly 3,000 surnames and variant spellings, cross-referenced to the main listing. The book includes notes on some famous bearers of the name and where in Ulster the name is now most common. This new edition by the Foundation also includes an article by the author on the Riding Clans of the Scottish Borders, many members of which came to Ulster during the Plantation. The result is a reference book which details much about the history of the Ulster Irish as well as the Scottish and English who arrived from the seventeenth century onwards, and is packed with surprising insights into the origins of a complex, turbulent people.

Author : Sir Robert Edwin Matheson
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806301877

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This work shows the areas with which family names have tended to be associated over the years, and where they appear with the most frequency, making it a valuable tool in tracing Irish origins.