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The top 100 Irish last names explained

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

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BRYAN FITZGERALD,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Friday, November 25, 2011, 8:31 AM
Updated Friday, April 6, 2012, 12:21 PM

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4164coop | Dec 11, 2011, 02:42 PM EST
My Great, great grandfather was a Simspson from Belfast Ireland. What about Simpson?

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krazy4biggie | Nov 28, 2011, 12:07 PM EST
and you missed HIGGINS

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IrishHeartLass | Nov 27, 2011, 01:16 PM EST
My great grandfather, Matthew Thomas Black, was Irish and I never knew where his name came from. Is this a form of Blake?

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ODonnabhain | Nov 26, 2011, 02:49 AM EST
How the heck did you miss Donovan?!

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billjoyce | Nov 25, 2011, 05:51 PM EST
Kind of curious as to how JOYCE missed the top 100 Irish Names. You may want to revise the list a tad

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IAPRINCESS | Nov 25, 2011, 11:55 AM EST
Whaat about "LOUGH" I never see just that?

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