Clan Sweaters

  Ahearne, Ahern, Aherne, Hearn, Hearne, Ó hEachtighearna.   Ó hEachtighearna means ‘lord of horses’, and Ahern is the Anglicisation of this Gaelic name. The clan was part of the Dál...

Bairéid, Barrat, Barratt    The Barrett clan is of Anglo-Norman origins. The name is most common in counties Cork, Galway and Mayo. The two distinct concentrations of the name indicate two distinct clans, and this fact is...

Bole, Boyles, O’ Baoighill, O’ Baoill, O’ Boyle, Ó Baoill.   There are two distinct branches of this family in Ireland. The first would be closely associated with the north of the country, in...

Bradie, Mac Brady, O’ Brady, Ó Brádaigh   The Brady clan originated in Co. Cavan in the province of Ulster in the north of Ireland, and it is there that the name remains most common, as well in some of the...

Branny, Mac Brennan, O’ Brennan, Ó Braonáin.   There were four septs of the Ó Braonáin clan in the country, located in Kilkenny, Galway, Westmeath and Kerry. There was also a sept of Mac...

Bohilly, Boughill, Boughla, O’ Buhilly, Ó Buachalla.   Ó Buachalla comes form the Gaelic word “buachaill”, meaning ‘boy’ or ‘herdsman’. Originally, the name was to be...

Bourke, De Búrca, De Burgh   De Búrca was originally de Burgo, and is the most common Irish name of Norman origin. The Burke name is most often associated with the province of Connacht where the family was granted large...

Byrnes, O’ Beirne, O’ Byrne, Ó Broin.   Byrne, Ó Broin in Gaelic, is now one of the most numerous names in Ireland. The name comes from the word “bran”, which is Gaelic for ‘raven’...

Cathal, MacCathail.   Mac Cathail comes from the personal name Cathal. Cahill is one of the oldest recorded surnames in Ireland. There were several different clans of the name, located in Kerry, Galway, Tipperary and Clare. The Galway sept of...

Callahan, Calligan, Kealahan, Kelaghan, O’ Callaghan, O’ Kelaghan, Ó Ceallacháin.   The O’Callaghan clan originates in the province of Munster in the south of Ireland. It is likely that...

Cary, Carye, Keary, Keery, O’ Keary, Ó Ciardha.   Careys can be of Anglo-Norman or Irish origin. The Irish Careys are descended from the Ó Ciardha sept which was located in the Barony of Carbury in Co...

Carvill, Mac Carroll, Mac Carvill, O’ Carroll, Ó Cearbhaill.   Historically, there were several septs of Ó Cearbhaill located in counties Offaly and Louth. The name comes from the Gaelic...

Glanchy, MacClancy, MacFlannchadh.   The name Clancy was originally a MAC name. The C of Clancy was originally the last letter of the prefix Mac. In Irish Clancy is MacFhlannchaidh – Mac meaning son of Flann meaning Reddish. The...

Clark, Cléireach.   Clarke, or Ó Cléirigh in Gaelic, is a very popular surname in Ireland. It is found predominantly in the northern province of Ulster. Its meaning originates in the Gaelic word...

Cullane, O’ Cullane, Ó Coileáin.   The Collins name is common throughout counties Cork and Limerick, and in the province of Munster in general. The name means ‘a young creature’, from the Gaelic...

Connally, O’ Connally, O’ Connolly, Ó Conghaile.  The Connolly name originated in the province of Connacht in the west, and also in Co. Monaghan in the north, but has since been widely dispersed throughout the...