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Top 100 Irish last names explained

Find out more about your Irish roots and where your family name hails from

By
BRYAN FITZGERALD,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Saturday, June 18, 2011, 7:21 AM
Updated Saturday, June 18, 2011, 7:21 AM

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Liamkeyes | Jul 01, 2011, 05:38 PM EDT
Brady and Reilly are originally from Breffni(There's another Boys name)County Cavan.

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Nancy61 | Jul 01, 2011, 11:39 AM EDT
My last name is Brontë, It was O'Pruty, I would have loned for it to be that now

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seanomelbourne | Jun 18, 2011, 08:04 PM EDT
what a load of bull

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mrsrailbox4 | Jun 18, 2011, 07:38 PM EDT
I was hoping to find McLaney???????

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wilhoef | Jun 18, 2011, 07:24 PM EDT
I am an 83 year old born in Ireland, and I have never met anyone in my country named Disney. what a load of bollox.!!

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janedoe | Jun 18, 2011, 04:52 PM EDT
why isnt fleming here? got infomation love to have it!:)

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Frednuni | Jun 18, 2011, 03:54 PM EDT
Irish last names were very interesting,however I could not find my grandfather John McGrath or grandmother CatherineDoran

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TimothyC | Jun 18, 2011, 03:26 PM EDT
What a bunch of hogwallow....surely my family name of Farfknarkle would be in the top 100...that list was probably taken from "A History of England and Her Outlying Islands"..........

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crowsnest | Jun 18, 2011, 03:20 PM EDT
Ó Murchadh (Murphy) Sea Warrior isn't it?

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crowsnest | Jun 18, 2011, 03:13 PM EDT
Where is MacWard or WARD who were bards ? or mac Cumhaill- ( McCool) There is an old legend of Fionn MacCumhaill ( Finn McCool)

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dogsbottom | Jun 18, 2011, 01:56 PM EDT
still no Brady and it's staring you in the face on the map,,, like who's doing the research ?????

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TomCollins | Jun 18, 2011, 11:59 AM EDT
Why isn't Collins listed. I know it is around the 30th most common name in Ireland and the surname of the greatest Irishman.

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qualibear | Jun 18, 2011, 10:35 AM EDT
Where does "Cullen" rank. I have always believeds that it was one of the most common

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