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Irish Nicknames and your Irish Surname

Irish Surnames

Irish nicknames often make their way into surnames. Many people have a “nickname” that may be based on a personality trait, their appearance, or just a term of family endearment. In this letter we will see how nicknames in Ireland included one’s surname, and evolved into whole new surnames over time. Céad Míle Fáilte – […]

Beara Peninsula and Kenmare on the Wild Atlantic Way

1. Irish Family History 5. Ireland Travel 9. Letter from Ireland County Cork County Kerry Irish Counties Irish Placenames

For our next leg of our trip around Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, we left the town of Bantry and started on a tour around the Beara Peninsula (you can see more about our last leg here). The Beara Peninsula is sometimes referred to as “Ireland’s forgotten peninsula” – which as a description is way out […]