Rourke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
O'Reilly is a common Irish surname. The O'Reillys were historically the kings of East Bréifne in what is today County Cavan. The clan were part of the Connachta's Uí Briúin Bréifne kindred and were closely related to the Ó Ruairc (O'Rourkes) of West Bréifne. O'Reilly is ranked tenth in the top twenty list of most common Irish surnames. It is also the patronymic form of the Irish name Reilly. The name is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration of the surname found in County Cavan followed by Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Fermanagh and Monaghan, and the Province of Leinster.
Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.
McKinnon, MacKinnon or Mackinnon is a Scottish surname.,
Knowles is an English surname of Old English origin. This is a locality name meaning 'at the knoll,' a hill or summit, derived from Old English word cnolle or Middle English knol, meaning hilltop and thus describes a person who lived at such a place. It can also be an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Tnúthghail. It may refer to many people. Variants of this surname include Knollys, Knolles, Knoll, Knowle, Noll, Noel, and Nowell.
M(a)cLaughlin is the most common Anglicized form of Mac Lochlainn, a masculine surname of Irish origin. The feminine form of the surname is Nic Lochlainn. The literal meaning of the name is "son of Lochlann". Note that Mc is simply a contraction of Mac, which is also truncated to M' . Thus, MacLaughlin, McLaughlin and M'Laughlin are the same Anglicism, the latter two merely contractions of the first.
Affleck is a Scottish surname that may be of Gaelic origins.
Whalen is a surname. In Ireland, Whalen, Whelan, Phelan and O'Phelan, are anglicized variants of the same Gaelic surname, Faoláin, which itself is a variant of Ó Faoileáin and Ó Haoláin.
Garvey and O'Garvey are Irish surnames, derived from the Gaelic Ó Gairbhith, also spelt Ó Gairbheith, meaning "descendant of Gairbhith". Gairbhith itself means "rough peace".
Millar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Armstrong is a surname of Scottish borders origin. It derives from a Middle English nickname which meant someone with strong arms. In Ireland the name was adopted as an Anglicization of two Gaelic names from Ulster: Mac Thréinfhir and Ó Labhraidh Tréan. Clan Armstrong is a clan from the border area between England and Scotland. The Scottish Armstrong is reputed to have been originally bestowed by "an antient (sic) king of Scotland" upon "Fairbairn, his armour-bearer" following an act of strength in battle. In the UK this surname is well represented in North East England, Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Scottish Borders, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, and Northern Ireland, and in the US it is well represented in the Deep South, and other southern states.
Rogan is an Irish surname, deriving from the Irish Ó Ruadhagáin, which can be loosely translated to mean "red-haired."
Boyle / O'Boyle is a surname of Irish origin. It is anglised from the Gaelic Ó Baoighill/Ó Baoill.
Longley is a surname, and may refer to:
Connolly is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
O'Toole is a surname of Irish origin. It an anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Tuathal", composed of tuath "the people" and gal "mighty". The O'Toole family were a leading clan in Gaelic Leinster and Ulster.
Wight is a surname. It is an older English spelling of either Wright (surname) or White (surname), or perhaps denoted an inhabitant of the Isle of Wight.
Coyne is a surname of Irish origin anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Cadhain meaning "descendant of Cadhan".
Reeves is a surname. Some notable persons with the surname include:
Conway is a Welsh, Irish & Scottish surname. It can be an anglicized spelling of Conwy, of the Irish names Conbhuidhe or Ó Connmhacháin, or of the Scottish names Mac Conmheadha or Mac Connmhaigh.
Stanfield is an English surname deriving from the Old English 'stan' and 'feld' (field). This toponymic surname originates from several possible locations in England: the village of Stanfield, Norfolk; the ancient township of Stansfield, West Yorkshire; and the village of Stansfield, Suffolk. Other variants include Stansfield, Stansfeld, and Standfield.