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A Roadtrip Through 17 Counties of Ireland (Part 2)

1. Irish Family History 5. Ireland Travel 9. Letter from Ireland County Donegal County Fermanagh County Leitrim County Sligo Irish Counties Irish Placenames Irish Surnames

A few weeks back we went on a road trip from Cork to Donegal and back – covering 16 counties in all. When we came back we wrote up a number of posts in our weekly newsletter (see to the side of this post if you want to sign up for free) – and these […]

The Irish Surname Mulvey

1. Irish Family History 9. Letter from Ireland Irish Genealogy Irish Surnames

Mulvey comes from the Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh – from the Irish for “honourable” – a descriptive name. There were branches of the family in both Counties Leitrim and Clare – but the main sept were from County Clare.