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Top 10 Irish Surnames

___TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW__<p><em>The Top 10 Irish Surnames. When you embark on your journey of tracing your Irish roots, you most likely have a surname to launch your search from.  Chances are you may even have one of the top 10 surnames of Ireland somewhere in your tree.</em></p><p><strong><a href=”https://3evv3wj7bj13jicmmkwrvh18-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Top-10-Irish-Surnames.jpg”><img class=”size-full wp-image-12169 aligncenter” src=”https://3evv3wj7bj13jicmmkwrvh18-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Top-10-Irish-Surnames.jpg” alt=”” width=”810″ height=”450″ /></a>Céad Míle…

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An Irish Bard – The Story of a Modern Irish Poet and Storyteller (#204)

Carina talks with a very unique individual that we discovered in the wilds of West Cork! Cormac Lally originally comes from Tullamore in County Offaly

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Irish Surnames and Their Counties

Do you have Irish surnames in your family tree? If the answer is yes, then read on – and discover more about the surnames of Ireland, where they come from – and see if you can spot some of your Irish surnames.

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Irish Surname Evolution.

We had a very interesting reaction to last week’s letter where I went through just some of the old Gaelic family names and their links to certain professions such as Medic, Judge, Poet and so on. I asked you to let me know if you had any of these names in your family – and…

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A letter from Ireland podcast

A Letter from Australia to Ireland

Today we’re going to put a focus on the Top 10 Irish Surnames among our readers – perhaps your Irish surname is among them? When people sign up for the Letter for the first time, we ask them to share the Irish surnames in their family tree – and the county they believe they came…

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