Do you have any Anglo Norman surnames in your Irish Family Tree? Then join us now as we talk about some of these Irish surnames and follow the Norman trail all the way back to Ireland.
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Welcome to Season 4, Episode 2 of the Letter from Ireland Show.
Join us on this episode of the Letter from Ireland show as we look at the influence of the Normans on Irish surnames and families – we then take off for Wales where we visit just some of the castles where many of the originators of various Irish surnames in Ireland were born and bred.
If you have any of the following Irish names in your family tree, then you will be really interested in this episode:
Archdeacon/Cody, Aylward, Barrett, Barron, Barry, Bermingham, Blake, Bluitt, Bonds, Bourke, Brannagh, Brett, Brew, Britt, Britton, Brown, Browne, Bryan, Burke, Butler, Campion, Cantillon, Cantwell, Carew, Chambers, Clare, Codd, Cody, Cogan, Colfer, Comerford, Condon, Cooney, Courcey, Crosbie, Crozier, Cullen, Cummiskey, Cusack, D’Arcy, Dalton, Darcy, Day, Dillon, Fagan, Field, Fitzgerald, Fitzgibbon, Fitzhenry, Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimons, Fitzstephens, Fleming, Flemming, Francis, French, Furlong, Gibbons, Grace, Griffin, Griffith, Hackett, Hays/Hayes, Hussey, Jordan, Joyce, Keating, Lacey, Lawless, Liston, Logan, Lovett, Lucey, Lynch, Lyons, Marshall, Martin, McQuillan, Molyneux, Morris, Morrissey, Nagle/Nangle, Nugent, Plunkett, Power/Powers, Prendergast, Prior, Punch, Purcell, Redmond, Rice, Roach/Roche, Roberts, Rochford, Russell, Savage, Sinnott, Wade, Wall, Walsh/Welsh, White, Wolfe, Wyse, Stapleton, Stephens,Talbot and Tyrrell.
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Would , Jepson, be a surname?
https://johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=jepson
Take a look at the link above Skip.
My g-grandfather’s surname was Ferry from Donegal. Where does it originate from?
Mary Ann
Hi Mary Ann,
Have a look here https://johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=ferry
Carina.
I so enjoyed the magazine, I have Garretty in my family tree, also Power.
Regards
Irene.
Hi Irene,
The magazine is a great way to share our Irish Heritage and we have fun putting it together for Green Room members and friends.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My grandfather was a Fleming. Where are the Fleming’s located in Ireland?
Why not take a look here Athena
https://johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=fleming
Carina.
Thank you so much! So informative! My Grandfather’s surname on my Mom’s side is Blake. No wonder my DNA came back with so much Norwegian!
Your welcome and glad you found the article informative Crystal.
I was born in Ireland in co. Donegal.love the letters, as I now live in New York.