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by your Irish last nameAre you a Kelly, Murphy, Scanlon or Regan? The prefix Mc, Mac or O' can be dropped, .i.e., O'Fallon and Fallon are probably the same family. There is no difference between Mac, and Mc - they are both Scottish and Irish. Many names are variations on the Irish or Gaelic names. We have Irish family tours for all last names. However, each of these can be personalized for your particular branch of the family. For example, although the majority of Murphys are from Cork, that surname can be found in many parts of Ireland. Self drive tours and escorted family tours of Ireland are available. A trip to Ireland - a trip back home - is surely the best way to feel connected to this ancient land. A way to feel part of something greater than the here and now. A way to truly belong. The more you can tell us about your family in Ireland, the more closely we can match your itinerary with your own family. Visit the places your grandfather went, the tales he heard, the songs he sang. We have clan self drive itineraries all year long. Irish Family Name Private Tours Packages include:
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AHERN Co Clar, Cork Waterford BARRY Cork CONNELL Limerick CONNOLLY Monaghan CUNNINGHAM an extended family with its roots in the north west of Ireland - villages of NewtownCunningham and ManorCunningham CANNON Tirconnell. Wolf cub. DOHERTY is an Irish clan based in County Donegal. Today there are Doherty families in many parts of Ireland, with primary concentration in their homeland of the Inishowen Peninsula, Co. Donegal and the vicinity of Derry. DOWNEY fort DOYLE dark and tall, Leinster DWYER tTipperary EARLY Kilkenny, Tipperary EGAN also Keegan. Tipperary FLANAGAN The Irish names Flanagan and O'Flanagan are derived from the native Gaelic O'Flannagain Septs who were located in Counties Roscommon, Fermanagh and Offaly. The O'Flannagain chief was one of the 'royal lords' to the King of Connaught. The name is taken from a Gaelic word meaning 'red' or 'ruddy and is among the one hundred most frequently found in the country. KENNEDY helmet headed. Tipperary. NUGENT fine, stately fine Westmeath MURPHY - the sea battlers Murphys – you win the prize for most common and widespread name in Ireland, especially in County Cork. This surname, translates to Gaelic as McMurchadh (son of Murchadh) and O'Murchadh (descendent of Murchadh), a derivation of the first name of Murchadh or Murragh. O'Murchadh families lived in Wexford, Roscommon and Cork, in which county it is now most common, with the McMurchadhs of the Sligo and Tyrone area responsible for most of the Murphys in Ulster. The name was first anglicized to McMurphy and then to Murphy in the early 19th century.  KELLY, (Irish Gaelic: O
Ceallaigh) O'KELLY (the bright-headed ones) is a genuine 'O' surname which
belongs to the oldest class of native Irish surnames. It means 'Descendent of
Ceallach' (war or contention), and is the name of several distinct and
illustrious families in various parts of Ireland. The Kellys are all over
Ireland; the name originates from at around 10 different and unrelated ancient
clans or septs. These include O'Kelly septs from Meath, Derry, Antrim, Laois,
Sligo, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Galway and Roscommon. O'KELLY was chief of
the great Uí Maine clan and ruled over an extensive territory in the
counties of Galway and Roscommon. Whilst the name "O'Kelly" dominated
from the Viking Era in the 9th century to the middle of the 16th century, the
"O" was dropped during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and
the name became Kelly. This arose from the policy of Queen Elizabeth I of
England to break the influence of the gaelic chieftains by rewarding them with
land and noble status in return for abandoning their Irish customs. Typical of
this was the granting of land and rights to Colla O'Kelly, Seventh lord of
Screen in 1601AD in exchange for his dropping the "O" from the
surname. O'SULLIVAN OR SULLIVAN are one of the most populous of the Munster families. In Irish, O'Sullivan is O'Sileabhin, and there is no doubt that origin of the name comes from the word sil (eye), though whether it is to be taken as "one-eyed" or "hawkeyed" is in dispute among scholars. Originally lords of the territory around Cahir, County Tipperary, in the 12th century, they migrated to what is now West Cork and South Kerry, where the name is still very prominent. WALSH Walsh – the Welshmen The meaning of this “Welsh” name is pretty straightforward. The name Walsh is one of the most common of the Norman associated names found in Ireland. It seems to have been the name used by the many different groups of Welsh people who arrived in Ireland with the Normans during the 12th century. O'BRIEN – the noblemen O’Briens are pretty lucky – they are descended from one of the greatest and most famous Irish kings. The name O’Brien, also spelled O'Bryan or O'Brian, translates to Ó Briain in Gaelic, which means "of Brian.” The name indicates descendance from Brian Boru, the celebrated High King of Ireland. This gives O’Briens leave to call themselves “high” and “noble.” Most O’Briens can be found in Counties Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. BRYNE can be found flying around all over Counties Wicklow and Dublin. Byrne, originally O’Byrne, comes from the Gaelic O'Broin meaning "descended from Bran,” an 11th century King of Leinster. The O'Byrnes were chieftains of what is now County Kildare until the Norman invasion when they were driven from their lands and migrated (ha!) into the mountains of County Wicklow. RYAN Name meaning: "Descendant of Rían (little red one/little king disputed)" Counties associated with the name: Carlow, Tipperary, Limerick O'CONNOR The O'Connor name, with its varied spellings, doesn't spring from a common source. The name arose in five areas of Ireland: Connacht, Kerry, Derry, Offaly and Clare and split into six distinct septs. The most prominent sept is that of the Connacht O'Connors who gave us the last two High-Kings of Ireland: Turlough O'Connor (1088-1156) and Roderick O'Connor (1116-1198). They trace their heritage and name from the Irish "Ua Conchobhair," meaning from Conchobhar, a king of Connacht. O'NEILL family traces its history back to 360 A.D. to the legendary warrior king of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages, who is said to have been responsible for bringing St. Patrick to Ireland. Niall is also said to have been incredibly fertile – he has 3 million descendents worldwide. “O’Neill” is derived from two separate Gaelic words, "Ua Niall," which means grandson of Niall, and "Neill" meaning "champion." Ireland’s O'Neills were known by the nickname "Creagh," which comes from the Gaelic word "craobh" meaning branch, because they were known to camouflage themselves to resemble the forest when fighting the Norsemen. Crafty fellows, those O’Neills O'REILLY The O'Reillys were the most powerful sept of the old Gaelic kingdom of Breffny (Cavan and the surrounding counties), and the family is still prominent in the area. POWERS the poor man. Waterford SHEA Hawk. Co Kerry STACK The Stacks, who originally came from England, have been in Co. Kerry since the beginning of the fourteenth century and by the sixteenth had become thoroughly Irish, being among the foremost Kerry opponents of the English in the Elizabethan wars. They were allied by marriage to several of the great families of Desmond John Stack was Bishop of Ardfert from 1558 to 1588 and Philip Stack from 1588 to 1595. General Edward Stack (c. 1750-1833) was a notable officer in the Irish Brigade in France, and also in Pitt's Irish Brigade. Their association with Clanmaurice is perpetuated in the Stack Mountains between Tralee and Abbeyfeale and a district in the vicinity was long known as Pobble Stack or Stack's Country. Certificate of Irish Heritage is now available for Americans of Irish ancestry SHEEHAN is one of Ireland's very numerous surnames: combining the alternative spelling Sheehan (eight per cent) and Sheahan (twenty per cent), it holds the seventy-fifth place in the list thereof, with an estimated total population in Ireland to-day of about eight thousand five hundred persons of the name. Of these the great majority were born in Co. Cork, or, on its borders, in the adjacent counties of Kerry and Limerick What our clients say
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