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Surnames you only see in certain places in Ireland

  • 25-09-2015 11:14AM
    #1
    guylikeme
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    e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

    Granted theres exceptions but whats with the inbreeding...


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  • #2
    gramar
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    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.


  • #3
    The Backwards Man
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    If you're not a McLaughlin (not to be confused with McLoughlin) or a Doherty where I am you're nobody.


    I'm nobody. :)


  • #4
    Menas
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    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.


  • #5
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    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.


  • #6
    The Backwards Man
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    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.


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  • #7
    dundalkfc10
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    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


  • #8
    Barely There
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    guylikeme wrote: »
    e.g Ryan in Limerick, Gilmartin in Sligo, Lennons in Athlone

    .

    Quickest thread-fail ever.


  • #9
    osarusan
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    Swierczek in Limerick. Never seen it anywhere else.


  • #10
    Lollipops23
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    Twomey and Mannix in Cork.

    Hayes in Thurles.


  • #11
    Richard Hillman
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    Bonner in Donegal


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  • #12
    Tiddlypeeps
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    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.


  • #13
    Harry Palmr
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    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


  • #14
    Snickers Man
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    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. ;)


  • #15
    Balmed Out
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    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


  • #16
    Snickers Man
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    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.


  • #17
    Mesrine65
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    Tipperary - McGough


  • #18
    dcrosskid
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    Ryan's & Maher's everywhere in Tipp. McGrath is common too but that's probably nationwide.


  • #19
    the dark phantom
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    O'Flynn Cremin Cork


  • #20
    Wolf Club
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    McGinley in Donegal, Aylward in Kilkenny?


  • #21
    Snickers Man
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    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.


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  • #22
    callaway92
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    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.


  • #23
    Snickers Man
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    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.


  • #24
    biko
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    Meehan, Cork and west coast


  • #25
    Mesrine65
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    callaway92 wrote: »
    I don't know one McGough (from Tipp)
    Nenagh & Silvermines is full of them.


  • #26
    annapr
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    Wolf Club wrote: »
    McGinley in Donegal, Aylward in Kilkenny?

    McBrearty in Donegal, which nobody outside the county can pronounce :p

    and Diver is another one...


  • #27
    ElChe32
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    O'Malley in Mayo...Westport is flooded with them. Like rats.


  • #28
    francis1978
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    biko wrote: »
    Meehan, Cork and west coast

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


  • #29
    BoJack Horseman
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    Byrne's are very numerous in Wicklow.

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


  • #30
    The Backwards Man
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    Snickers Man wrote: »
    Dear God Hi you must be a Derry man so y'are. Hi. ;)

    Nope, I'm from where both surnames originated :)


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  • #31
    annapr
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Nope, I'm from where both surnames originated :)

    Inishowen?


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