Most Common Names IN Ireland by County Alphabeticaly
" OLD Faithfull " in her clean up asked me if I wanted to pass this quick reference data on . I have found it excellent over many years . Last up dated -2009
MOST COMMON NAMES IN THE IRISH COUNTIES AND IRISH CLANS
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County Antrim
Most common names:
Smith, Johnston, Thompson, Wilson, Campbell, Stewart, Robinson, Bell, Brown and Boyd.
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County Armagh
Most common names:
Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Campbell, O'Hare, Smith, McCann, Donnelly, Watson and Quinn.
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County Carlow
Most common names:
Byrne, Doyle, Farrell, Kavanagh, Kinsella, Lalor, Lawler, McDonald/McDonnell, Murphy, Nolan, Walshe.
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County Cavan
Most common names:
Reilly, Smith, Brady, Lynch, McCabe, Clarke, Farrelly, Maguire, Sheridan and Galligan.
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County Clare
Most common names:
McMahon, McNamara, Moloney, O'Brien, McInerney, Ryan, Kelly, Keane, O'Connor, O'Halloran, Hogan, Lynch, Murphy and Burke.
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County Cork
Most common names:
McCarthy, Callaghan, McAuliffe, Fitzgerald, Sullivan, Murphy, Walsh, Connor and Connell.
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County Derry (Londonderry)
Most common names:
Doherty, McLaughlin, Gallagher, McCloskey, Kane, Kelly, Coyle, Moore, Bradley and Campbell.
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County Donegal
Most common names:
Boyle.
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County Down
Most common names:
Smith, Johnston, Thompson, Wilson, Campbell, Stewart, Robinson, Bell, Brown and Boyd.
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County Dublin
Most common names:
Kelly.
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County Fermanagh
Most common names:
Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Devlin, McManus, Armstrong, Donnelly, O'Neill, Quinn, Cassidy and Maguire.
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County Galway
Most common names:
Kelly.
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County Kerry
Most common names:
O'Sullivan, O'Connor, Shea, Murphy, McCarthy, Moriarty, Fitzgerald, O'Connell, Donoghue, Griffin.
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County Kilkenny
Most common names:
Murphy, Walsh, Brennan, Maher, Butler, Phelan (& O'Phelan), Grace, Fitzpatrick, Comerford and Ryan.
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County Laois
Most common names:
Kelly, Dunne, Molloy, Carroll, Egan, Dempsey, O'Connor, Daly, Fitzpatrick and Lalor.
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County Leitrim
Most common names:
Reynolds, McGowan, Rooney, Flynn, Kelly, Gallagher, Moran, Dolan, McLoughlin and McMorrow.
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County Limerick
Most common names:
Ryan, Fitzgerald, O'Brien, O'Connor, Hayes, Walsh, Sullivan, Bourke, Madigan, Collopy and Wolfe.
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County Longford
Most common names:
O'Farrell or Farrell is still the most dominant surname in the County. Other common surnames are, Quinn, Kenny, Kiernan, Mulvey, Smith, Leavy, Kelly, Glennon, Keenan, Casey and Murphy.
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County Louth-- ?????????????
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County Mayo
Most common names:
The more common surnames in the North Mayo include Gallagher, Durkan, McHale, Barrett, McNulty, McNicholas, Brennan, Henry, Doyle, Harkin, Dogherty, Foy, Kelly, Loftus, Gaughan and Lavelle.
In South Mayo common surnames includes Walsh, Burke, Gibbons, Prendergast, Joyce, Murray, Gallagher, Lydon, Heneghan, Murphy, O'Malley, Kelly, Moran, Duffy, O'Connor, Waldron, Farragher.
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County Meath
Most common names:
Reilly, Smith, Lynch, Brady, Farrell, Farrelly, Kelly, Brien, Daly and Maguire.
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County Monaghan
Most common names:
O'Boylan / Boyland
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County Offaly
Most common names:
Kelly, Dunne, Molloy, Carroll, Egan, Dempsey, O'Connor, Daly, Fitzpatrick and Lalor.
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County Roscommon
Most common names:
Hanley, Beirne, Kelly, Brennan, Connor, Flynn, Cox, McDermott, Brady and Farrell are the most numerous surnames in County Roscommon
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County Sligo
Most common names:
Gallagher, Brennan, MacGowan, Kelly, Gilmartin, Healy, Walsh, Hart, Feeney and MacDonagh.
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County Tipperary
Most common names:
The chief surnames of North Tipperary include Ryan, O'Brien, Kennedy, O'Meara, Maher/Meagher, Burke, Gleeson, Carroll, Hogan and Kelly.
The chief surnames found in South Tipperary include Ryan, Dwyer, Maher, Brien, Hayes, Quirke, Treacy, Meara, Macken, Maloney, Lonergan.
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County Tyrone
Most common names:
Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Devlin, McManus, Armstrong, Donnelly, O'Neill, Quinn, Cassidy and Maguire, Boyle.
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County Waterford
Most common names:
Power, Walsh, O'Brien, Murphy, Ryan, McGrath, Foley, Flynn, Morrissey, Kelly, Phelan and Sullivan.
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County Westmeath
Most common names:
(Mc)Geoghegan, O'Growney, Brennan, O'Coffey, O'Mulleady, O'Malone, O'Daly, McAuley, McCormack.
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County Wexford
Most common names:
Murphy, Sinnott, Doyle, Furlong, Walsh, Rossiter, Scallan, Brien, Brown, Stafford, Devereux and Kavanagh
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Till we meet again - Regards - edmondsallan
I think when we see something like this list do, we come to realise how many names in Ireland are of very simple spelling and not complicated
in many ways to research
you have missed out one big family ( regan) who mainly came from Cork