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.

County Galway Surnames & Places

Do you have a County Galway surname? What are the typical County Galway surnames? Read on to find out more about this beautiful Irish County with a rich heritage and history.

County Mayo Surnames & Places

Do you have a County Mayo surname? What are the typical County Mayo surnames? Read on to find out more about this beautiful Irish County with a rich heritage and history.

Grace Kelly & Maureen O’Hara – 2 Irish Movie Stars (#739)

Today we feature two Irish movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood – Grace Kelly and Maureen O’Hara. In one story we chat about the “Two Graces of County Mayo” and then we take a trip up Maureen O’Hara’s ancestry tree. We even manage to uncover songs on which they feature. Not to be…

From The Vikings to The Normans (#737)

When a new reader signs up for our weekly Letter from Ireland – we ask them to supply the Irish surnames in their family tree AND the county their ancestor emigrated from. So far we have collected over 25,000 Irish entries in our database of Irish surnames representing over 5,950 different surnames. If you’d like to…