Heron

Padraig Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh
1923

Heron—This name in Ulster, particularly in the North East, is a late anglicised form of M'Ilheron (Mac Giolla-Chear´in), a form of McElharan.

Alphabetical Index of Anglicised Surnames in Ireland

See also Woulfe’s Irish Names and Surnames
and O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees