Surnames you only see in certain places in Ireland

Boom_Bap · 25-09-2015 12:55PM

O'Bama - Moneygall

cantdecide · 25-09-2015 12:55PM

O'Sullivans in Cork city and county.

Birneybau · 25-09-2015 12:57PM

Da Silva - Gorey

SEPT 23 1989 · 25-09-2015 12:58PM

Codd

Wexford

The Backwards Man · 25-09-2015 01:02PM

annapr wrote: »

Inishowen?

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

annapr · 25-09-2015 01:04PM

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 · 25-09-2015 01:07PM

Hutch - Dublin (& Spain)

ruby37 · 25-09-2015 01:08PM

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 · 25-09-2015 01:08PM

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

Dr Turk Turkelton · 25-09-2015 01:09PM

dandyelevan wrote: »

Hutch - Dublin (& Spain)

Thought that name was dying out in Spain?

Lux23 · 25-09-2015 01:11PM

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

2ndcoming · 25-09-2015 01:12PM

Bane - Galway/Clare

McFadden/McClafferty - Donegal

dandyelevan · 25-09-2015 01:14PM

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

cantdecide · 25-09-2015 01:15PM

Kenny/ Noonan - Brussels

jamesbere · 25-09-2015 01:17PM

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 · 25-09-2015 01:17PM

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 · 25-09-2015 01:19PM

The Hutches of Hatch Street

Schwiiing · 25-09-2015 01:21PM

Donnelly, Gallagher, Doherty, Boyle - Donegal

McDonagh, Joyce - Galway

Murphy, O'Sullivan - Cork

McGrath, Ryan, Maher - Limerick/Tipp

Gremlinertia · 25-09-2015 01:24PM

King, Mannion - Connemara

dandyelevan · 25-09-2015 01:29PM

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

Birneybau · 25-09-2015 01:33PM

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Thought that name was dying out in Spain?

The rest of them are on a winning streak.

jmayo · 25-09-2015 01:37PM

guylikeme wrote: »

e.g Ryan in Limerick,...
Granted theres exceptions but whats with the inbreeding...

Ehh half of Tipp, Carlow, with the odd one in Clontarf, etc, etc.

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.

At least you probably aren't inbred.

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Byrne's are very numerous in Wicklow.

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

So are Kavanaghs, Bradys and Deer(e).

I have a few.
Wards are very numerous in Tuam.
O'Hara and Howleys in West Sligo/East Mayo.

Paramite Pie · 25-09-2015 01:42PM

OP, there's loads of Ryans in Galway and I know some Gilmartin's in Mayo.

ElChe32 wrote: »

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

Makes sense considering it was O'Malley Clan territory. Quite a few of them in Galway nowadays.

Schwiiing wrote: »

Donnelly, Gallagher, Doherty, Boyle - Donegal

McDonagh, Joyce - Galway

Murphy, O'Sullivan - Cork

McGrath, Ryan, Maher - Limerick/Tipp

The problem with this thread is that I know people born in Galway/Mayo with all these surnames except Donnelly. Maybe they've got some parents or grandparents from these counties.

2ndcoming · 25-09-2015 02:19PM

Paramite Pie wrote: »

OP, there's loads of Ryans in Galway and I know some Gilmartin's in Mayo.

Makes sense considering it was O'Malley Clan territory. Quite a few of them in Galway nowadays.

The problem with this thread is that I know people born in Galway/Mayo with all these surnames except Donnelly. Maybe they've got some parents or grandparents from these counties.

I think it's fair to say there are too many names in here that are simply so widespread they're ubiquitous now, regardless of where they started. Ryan, Gallagher, Doherty etc.

Let's try and stick to the true local novelties...

Badly Drunk Boy · 25-09-2015 02:35PM

martyos121 wrote: »

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

Enda and his buddies get a fierce bashing around here. :pac:

Trent Houseboat · 25-09-2015 02:43PM

Half of Cork is McCarthy

2ndcoming · 25-09-2015 02:45PM

Faherty - (West) Galway

dandyelevan · 25-09-2015 02:59PM

Dee.
Mayo had a lot of them once.

bmwguy · 25-09-2015 03:01PM

I had to meet a friend called Tom O Shea in a pub in Kerry once. I was early and I got chatting to the barman, it was Toms local so I asked the barman if he knew him. He said "how many people do you think are in this pub now?"

I looked around and guessed maybe 30-40 people. He said "you wouldn't be far off with that guess, but I can see at least 6 Tom O Sheas in here at the minute and know a good few more"

For Forks Sake · 25-09-2015 03:01PM

Snickers Man wrote: »

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.

Probably more indicative as to what their forefathers were at.

Surnames you only see in certain places in Ireland

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