Special Report on Surnames in Ireland

Robert E. Matheson

Special Report on Surnames in Ireland

1909

Contents

With Notes as to Numerical Strength, Derivation, Ethnology, and Distribution; based on Information extracted from the Indexes of the General Register Office.

Chapter I.—Introductory remarks

Chapter II.—Principal Surnames in Ireland compared with those in other portions of the United Kingdom

Fifty most common Surnames in England (1853)

Fifty most common Surnames in Scotland (1863)

Summary of the most common surnames

Chapter III.—Derivation of Surnames

From Personal Names

From Rank or Occupation

From the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms

From Personal Peculiarities or Attributes

Chapter IV.—Surnames in Ireland Ethnologically considered

Names with the Prefix Mac

Names with the Prefix O

Summary of Surnames prefixed Mac and O

Anglo-Norman Names

German Palatine Names

Summary of Names

Chapter V.—Distribution of Surnames

Province of Leinster

Province of Munster

Province of Ulster

Province of Connaught

Summary of Distribution

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having five entries and upwards in the Births Index for 1890, together with the number in each Registration Province and the Registration Counties in which these names are principally found

Table Explanation

Addendum.—List of the Names of Irish Septs contained in the Book of Arms compiled by Sir James Terry, Athlone Herald (1690), now preserved in the British Museum

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