Mulrooney is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Mulroney is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Heaney is a surname of Irish origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó hEignigh, thought to be based on the Gaelic Eochaidh a personal name meaning "horseman". It was mistakenly thought to derive from Éan, Gaelic for Bird. Versions of it are written in the Annals from the 8th century and has a diverse array of modern derivations and origins.
Molloy or O'Molloy is an Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Maolmhuaidh, maolmhuadh meaning 'Proud Chieftain'. They were part of the southern Uí Néill, the southern branch of the large tribal grouping claiming descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages, the fifth-century king who supposedly kidnapped St Patrick to Ireland. They held power over a large part of what is now County Offaly, where the surname is still very common. A second family were the O Maoil Aodha, 'descendant of the devotee of (St) Aodh', from maol, literally 'bald', a reference to the distinctive tonsure sported by early Irish monks. As well as Molloy, this surname has also been anglicised as Mulloy, Malloy, Maloy, 'Miley' and 'Millea'. The name arose in east Connacht, in the Roscommon/east Galway region, and remains numerous there today.
Pearse is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
O'Kelly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bergin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname McArdle or MacArdle was the twelfth most numerous in its homeland of County Monaghan in 1970. The surname in Irish is MacArdghail, from ardghal, meaning 'high valour' or from the Irish "ardghail" meaning "tall foreigner" with roots "ard" meaning "tall" and "gail" meaning "foreigner", indicative of their original ancestor being a Viking or from Viking stock. The surname is also common in County Armagh and County Louth.
Considine is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic form Mac Consaidín meaning "son of Consaidín" being derived from a foreign Christian name; meaning "son of Constantine". The family were based in Kingdom of Thomond, much of which later became County Clare. The ancestor of the family was Consaidín Ua Briain, a Bishop of Killaloe who died in 1194 and who was the son of Toirdhealbhach mac Diarmada Ua Briain. Notable people with the surname include:
Murtagh is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Monaghan is a family name originating from the province of Connacht in Ireland. Mostly a last name.
Rogan is an Irish surname, deriving from the Gaelic Ó Ruadhagáin 'descendant of Ruadhagán'.
Hanratty is a surname, and may refer to:
O'Boyle is a surname of Irish origin. It is anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Baoighill/Ó Baoill.
Mullally or Mulally or Mullaly or Mulaly is a surname of Irish origin thought to have originated from County Galway where it has since been shortened to the form of Lally.
Concannon is an Irish family name. Notable people with the surname include:
McFetridge is a surname, anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pheadruis, patronymic from a Gaelic form of the given name Peter. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname O'Loughlin is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Lochlainn meaning "descendant of Lochlann".
Towey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Faherty is an Irish surname that may refer to
Tighe is an Irish surname, derived from the Old Gaelic O Taidhg. Notable persons with that name include: