List of Irish clans

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The following is a list of Irish clans sourced from modern published sources.

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Unlike Scottish clans which are defined by surnames recognised by Scottish law of the Court of the Lord Lyon, there is no definitive authority on which surnames are regarded as Irish clans. [1]

Clans of Ireland

Map showing principal Irish surnames at the commencement of the 17th century Ortelius Improved, or a new map of Ireland - Wherin are inserted the principal families of Irish and English extraction, who possess'd that kingdon(sic) on the commencement of the seventeenth century LOC 2006626086.jpg
Map showing principal Irish surnames at the commencement of the 17th century

LangSyne Publishers

LangSyne Publishers, who are based in Kilbarrack, Dublin, Ireland, have published individual books on the following Irish clan surnames and their histories: Barry, Boyle, Brady, Brennan, Burke, Byrne, Callaghan, Carroll, Casey, Cassidy, Clancy, Collins, Connolly, Coyle, Daly, Devlin, Doherty, Donnelly, Donovan, Doran, Doyle, Duffy, Dunne, Farrell, Fitzgerald, Fitzpatrick, Flaherty, Flanagan, Flynn, Foley, Gallagher, Griffin, Healy, Higgins, Hogan, Joyce, Kane, Kavanagh, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, Lynch, Maguire, Malone, McCarthy, McCormick, McDermott, McGrath, McGuigan, McKenna, McLoughlin, McMahon, McManus, McNamara, Moore, Moran, Mullan, Murphy, Nolan, O'Brien, O'Dowd, O'Dwyer, O'Grady, O'Halloran, O'Hara, O'Keeffe, O'Leary, O'Neill, O'Rourke, O'Shea, O'Connor, Quinn, Reagan, Reilly, Rooney, Ryan, Sheehan, Sheridan, Sullivan, Sweeney, Traynor, Walsh, Ward, Whelan. [2]

John Grenham (1993)

John Grenham in his 1993 book, Clans and Families of Ireland: The Heritage and Heraldry of Irish Clans and Families, lists the following Irish clan surnames and gives at least a paragraph of information for each: Aherne, Allen, Armstrong, Barrett, Barry, Beatty, Bell, Boyd, Boyle, Bradley, Brady, Breen, Brennan, Browne, Buckley, Burke, Burns, Butler, Byrne, Cahill, Campbell, Carroll, Casey, Cassidy, Clancy, Clarke, Cleary, Coleman, Collins, Conlon, Connolly, Conway, Corcoran, Costello, Coughlan, Craig, Cronin, Crowley, Cullen, Cunningham, Curran, Daly, Delaney, Dempsey, Dillon, Doherty, Dolan, Donnelly, Doran, Dowd, Dowling, Doyle, Driscoll, Duffy, Duggan, Dunne, Dwyer, Egan, Fahy, Farrell, Ferguson, Finnegan, Fitzgerald, Fitzpatrick, Flaherty, Flanagan, Fleming, Flynn, Foley, Ford, Fox, Gallagher, Gorman, Graham, Greene, Griffin, Hall, Hamilton, Hayes, Healy, Hegarty, Hennessy, Henry, Hickey, Higgins, Hogan, Hughes, Hurley, Johnston, Jones, Joyce, Kane, Kavanagh, Keane, Kearney, Keating, Kelleher, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, Keogh, Kerr, Kiely, King, Leary, Lee, Lenehan, Lennon, Long, Lynch, Lyons, MacAuley, MacBride, MacCabe, McCann, MacCarthy, MacCormack, MacCullagh, MacDermot, MacDonagh, MacDonald, MacDonnell, MacEvoy, MacGillcuddy, MacGovern, MacGowan, MacGrath, MacGuiness, MacHugh, MacKenna, MacKean, MacLoughlin, MacMahon, MacManus, MacNally, MacNamara, Madden, MacGee, Maguire, Maher, Malone, Martin, Meehan, Molloy, Moloney, Monaghan, Mooney, Moore, Moran, Morgan, Moraiarty, Morris, Mullan, Mulligan, Murphy, Murray, Nolan, O'Brien, O'Callaghan, O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Donnell, O'Donoghue, O'Donovan, O'Grady, O'Hara, O'Keefe, O'Mahony, O'Neill, O'Rourke, O'Shea, O'Sullivan, O'Toole, Patterson, Power, Quigley, Quinn, Redmond, Regan, Reid, Reilly, Riordan, Robinson, Roche, Rogers, Rooney, Ryan, Scott, Sheehan, Sheridan, Smith, Stewart, Sweeney, Tobin, Wallace, Walsh, Whelan, White, Woods. [3]

See also

References

  1. Leerssen, Joep (2008). "The 'The': Clan Chiefs in Modern Ireland". The Irish Review (Cork) (38): 111 and 115. JSTOR   29736378.
  2. "Irish Books". langsyneshop.co.uk. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  3. Grenham, John (1993). Clans and Families of Ireland: The Heritage and Heraldry of Irish Clans and Families. Gill and Macmillan Publishers. pp. 78–183. ISBN   0717120325.

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