The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland features Irish and immigrant surnames in its collection. An online database of Irish surnames provides detailed explanations and ...

Genealogist Barry Griffin has compiled a robust online resource for Irish surnames using data from the 1901 and 1911 censuses in Ireland. Irish surname maps were created using the 1901/1911 Irish ...

Genealogical riches from every county of Ireland feature among new historical records which are now available online.

Irish Gaelic surnames were actually forbidden by Reachtanna Chill Chainnigh - the Statutes of Kilkenny in English-controlled areas as early as 1367 and eventually in the end an leagan Béarla ...

The tradition of Irish pubs including surnames can be traced back to, well, Ireland. An 1872 law required all pubs to display the owner’s name above the door, said Elizabeth Stack, the executive ...

Surnames are listed in alphabetical order so you can scroll through to see if you could be an heir to a fortune. Ahern Thomas 28/12/1916 Irish Republic 11/02/2003 Coventry West Midlands ...

That’s because while the Irish language uses the same Latin alphabet letters as English, they represent different sounds and have different spelling rules. Here’s a guide, with audio clips, on ...