A NEW study has shed light on the meaning behind 45,000 most common surnames. Know what it says about yours? Have a look. Now the meaning behind 45,000 of the UK and Ireland’s most common surnames has ...

Irish family names being used as first names in the US is not a new trend but it is certainly one that is steadily on the rise. More and more Irish surnames are being used by parents to give their ...

Everything you need to know about the Irish surname Hogan - its meaning, origins, interesting facts and famous people with the last name Hogan. - It has been claimed that those who bear the name are ...

Irish surnames provide information about the origins of a family; those that begin with "Mac" "Mc" or "O'" probably have Celtic origins as both mean "son of" or "from," said the Irish Fulbright ...

In a Gael Linn booklet first published in 1998 and entitled Aspects of Our Shared History, the late lamented Aodán Mac Póilin asked the question: Can a surname tell you where your ancestors came from?

Irish might be one of Europe's oldest languages still spoken today, but don't sleep on Irish girl names. With 30.5 million Americans claiming Irish ancestry in 2023, according to the U.S. Census ...

The President is descended from Vikings, the Taoiseach is of unknown origin and, despite five years of austerity, the Minister for Finance remains “beloved”, at least by nominative inheritance. Those ...