Surnames you only see in certain places in Ireland

guylikeme

e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

Granted theres exceptions but whats with the inbreeding...

gramar

guylikeme wrote: »

e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

Granted theres exceptions but whats with the inbreeding...

Half of Tipperary are Ryans, Dundon...now that's a surname you associate with Limerick.

The Backwards Man

If you're not a McLaughlin (not to be confused with McLoughlin) or a Doherty where I am you're nobody.


I'm nobody.

Menas

You think it is bad now. Have a look at some of the 1901 or 1911 census records. In some townlands there would be 15-20 houses where they all have the same surname.

Badly Drunk Boy

guylikeme wrote: »

e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

I'm in Kildare, and there are loads of Ryans around here. Where I work, there are 5 Ryans, all unrelated, and two of them are called John.

The Backwards Man

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I'm in Kildare, and there are loads of Ryans around here. Where I work, there are 5 Ryans, all unrelated, and two of them are called John.

Is John their names? If so, it's not all that unusual.

dundalkfc10

guylikeme wrote: »

e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

Granted theres exceptions but whats with the inbreeding...

100's of families with Ryan and Lennon as their surname in Dundalk

Barely There

guylikeme wrote: »

e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

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Quickest thread-fail ever.

osarusan

Swierczek in Limerick. Never seen it anywhere else.

Lollipops23

Twomey and Mannix in Cork.

Hayes in Thurles.

Richard Hillman

Bonner in Donegal

Tiddlypeeps

I never heard the name Ramsbottom till I moved to Laois, it's an extremely common surname there tho. To this day I still don't think I've met a Ramsbottom outside of Laois.

Harry Palmr

Power in Waterford

Carter in Laois is an interesting one, obviously a transplanted name from England. Probably started with one man or family at some point. Now there is a cluster

Snickers Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

If you're not a McLaughlin (not to be confused with McLoughlin) or a Doherty where I am you're nobody.


I'm nobody.

Dear God Hi you must be a Derry man so y'are. Hi.

Balmed Out

Lollipops23 wrote: »

Twomey and Mannix in Cork.

Hayes in Thurles.

Hayes is the most common name along with o'donovan around me in west cork

Snickers Man

Seriously though, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are great for finding out what part of the country certain names are most likely to hail from.

If you're called Argue you're most likely from Cavan-Roscommon-Sligo way.
If you're called Ferry you're from Donegal-Derry. Almost for certain.
Ditto if you're called Doherty.
If you're called Trant, you're from Kerry.

Of course this really only applies to less common surnames. Common ones tend to be found all over the place and especially in the big cities. We are a nation of migrants after all.

Mesrine65

Tipperary - McGough

dcrosskid

Ryan's & Maher's everywhere in Tipp. McGrath is common too but that's probably nationwide.

the dark phantom

O'Flynn Cremin Cork

Wolf Club

McGinley in Donegal, Aylward in Kilkenny?

Snickers Man

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I never heard the name Ramsbottom till I moved to Laois, it's an extremely common surname there tho. To this day I still don't think I've met a Ramsbottom outside of Laois.

1911 Census confirms this.

54 out of 63 Irish Ramsbottoms in 1911 lived in Queen's County. aka Laois.

All Catholics too. You'd think it was an Anglo-Irish name.

callaway92

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Tipperary - McGough

I don't know one McGough (from Tipp)

dcrosskid wrote: »

Ryan's & Maher's everywhere in Tipp. McGrath is common too but that's probably nationwide.

Ya these two are everywhere here.

Snickers Man

By contrast, fewer than half of all Powers in 1911 lived in Waterford.

Because it's a common name, it's found all over. Probably has its greatest concentration in Waterford but you'd find it anywhere.

biko

Meehan, Cork and west coast

Mesrine65

callaway92 wrote: »

I don't know one McGough (from Tipp)

Nenagh & Silvermines is full of them.

annapr

Wolf Club wrote: »

McGinley in Donegal, Aylward in Kilkenny?

McBrearty in Donegal, which nobody outside the county can pronounce

and Diver is another one...

ElChe32

O'Malley in Mayo...Westport is flooded with them. Like rats.

francis1978

biko wrote: »

Meehan, Cork and west coast

Found it Leitrim too, Rossinver/Kilryclogher direction. Town land called ballinameehan too.

BoJack Horseman

Byrne's are very numerous in Wicklow.

I imagine that most clan names are still strong in their original lands

The Backwards Man

Snickers Man wrote: »

Dear God Hi you must be a Derry man so y'are. Hi.

Nope, I'm from where both surnames originated

annapr

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Nope, I'm from where both surnames originated

Inishowen?

Boom_Bap

O'Bama - Moneygall

cantdecide

O'Sullivans in Cork city and county.

Birneybau

Da Silva - Gorey

SEPT 23 1989

Codd

Wexford

The Backwards Man

annapr wrote: »

Inishowen?

Sssh, keep it under your hat, no one here knows I'm from Donegal.

annapr

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Sssh, keep it under your hat, no one here knows I'm from Donegal.

yeah, it was hard to spot alright :rolleyes:

dandyelevan

Hutch - Dublin (& Spain)

ruby37

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I never heard the name Ramsbottom till I moved to Laois, it's an extremely common surname there tho. To this day I still don't think I've met a Ramsbottom outside of Laois.

Ramsbottoms in Kilkenny too.

martyos121

Not exclusive to Mayo, but you can't walk more than a few meters without going past a Moran.

Dr Turk Turkelton

dandyelevan wrote: »

Hutch - Dublin (& Spain)

Thought that name was dying out in Spain?

Lux23

North county Dublin has some unsual ones like Sweetman, Fitzachary, Savage.

2ndcoming

Bane - Galway/Clare

McFadden/McClafferty - Donegal

dandyelevan

Lots of people named Rabbitte, Fox and Byrd here in the midlands. Got some Reamsbottoms hereabouts too, but they call themselves Reams.

cantdecide

Kenny/ Noonan - Brussels

jamesbere

dandyelevan wrote: »

Lots of people named Rabbitte, Fox and Byrd here in the midlands. Got some Reamsbottoms hereabouts too, but they call themselves Reams.

If you lay traps you should be able to get rid of the first 3

FrKurtFahrt

annapr wrote: »

McBrearty in Donegal, which nobody outside the county can pronounce

and Diver is another one...

Not forgetting McConalogue, McColgan and Gillespie

Ally Dick

The Hutches of Hatch Street

Schwiiing

Donnelly, Gallagher, Doherty, Boyle - Donegal

McDonagh, Joyce - Galway

Murphy, O'Sullivan - Cork

McGrath, Ryan, Maher - Limerick/Tipp

Gremlinertia

King, Mannion - Connemara

dandyelevan

Went shooting ducks with three guys once. They were Keyes, Locke, and Hand. (I kid you not)