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Walsh is a common Irish surname, meaning "Briton" or "foreigner", literally "Welshman" or "Wales", taken to Ireland by soldiers from Britain, namely Cambro-Norman/Welsh, Cornish and Cumbrian soldiers during and after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is most common in County Mayo and County Kilkenny. It is the fourth most common surname in Ireland, and the 265th most common in the United States. There are variants including "Walshe", “Welch”, "Welsh", "Brannagh", and the Irish "Breathnach". Walsh is uncommon as a given name. The name is often pronounced "Welsh" in the south and west of the country. In Great Britain, Guppy encountered the name only in Lancashire. It is the surname of the Barons Ormathwaite.
Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird Gaelic-Irish Bardic poet.
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Laoisioch Mac an Bhaird, Gaelic-Irish poet, fl.c. 16th-century.
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Nicol Ó Leaáin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh 1358–1393. Ó Leaáin is associated with the Oranmore-Clarenbridge are of County Galway.
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Ó Deargáin is a Gaelic-Irish surname, which was found in Leinster and Munster.
Ó Caiside is the name of a Gaelic-Irish family. It is now usually anglicised as Cassidy.
Mac Gafraidh was the surname of a Gaelic-Irish Brehon family.
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Mac an Iomaire is a Gaelic-Irish surname.
Ó Meadhra, Gaelic-Irish surname.
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Ó Laighin, Gaelic-Irish surname, anglicised as Lyons, Lane or Lyne.
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References
- The Book of Ulster Surnames, Robert Bell, 1988.
- Walsh:Breathnach, Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2003
- Welsh Influence in Medieval Ireland:An Encyclopedia (2005), ed. Seán Duffy, p. 514.
