Posts Tagged ‘Fogarty’
Is your Surname Buried in an Irish Placename?
We’re just back from a great trip to Tipperary. Yesterday was a typical Irish summers day – composed equally of squally showers, warm sunshine and more! The reason we headed to County Tipperary was to track down the stories and places around the ancestors of one of our Green Room members – Lorraine Hannan from…
Read MoreIrish Homelands – County Tipperary
Welcome to this Irish Homelands feature - we are off to the town of Thurles in County Tipperary!
County Tipperary Surnames and Places
When someone signs up for our weekly Letter from Ireland, we ask them for the Irish surnames in their family and the counties in Ireland their ancestor came from originally. As a result, we now have about 25,000 entries on our list. The following names are ones we received from readers whose ancestors came from…
Read MoreA Roadtrip Around 16 Counties of Ireland – Part 4
This week on our road trip around Ireland, we move to the counties of Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Tipperary. In this post we finish our roadtrip around 16 counties of Ireland. You can see a map of the journey below – do leave a comment at the end of this blog post! This is…
Read MoreThe Tribes of Ireland – Ireland at the Birth of Your Irish Surname.
Do you have an Irish surname in your family tree? In this Letter from Ireland we look at the Tribes of Ireland in 1150. Join us as we take a tour off the kingdoms at this time and the surnames associated with them.
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