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A

Clan Agnew

Ahern Clan Association

Clan Anderson

 

B

Clan Boyd Society International

House of Boyd Society

The Boylan Webportal

Clan Broun Society

Clan Bryson

C

Clan Campbell Society - North America

Campbells of Argyle

Campbells of Loudoun

Clann Carlos

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The Cassidy Clan

Clan Cian Online

Clan Craig

Conroy Home Page (not a clan but lots of useful information for the Conroy surname.)

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D

Clan Dalaigh

The Daly Clan Homepage

Doherty Clann of Ireland

Clan Donald

Driscolls of Canada

Driscoll / O'Driscoll in the UK

Driscoll of Cork

Clan Doyle

Clan Dunne

E

Clan Egan

Clan Ewing in America

F

Clan Fagan

Flannery Clan

Flannery Clan

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The Fox Clan

G

Gallagher Clan

Geoghegan Clan

Goonan Clan

H

Clan Hannon

Hayes Clan

Clan Horan

Clan Hynes

K

Kavanagh Family / Clan

Kelly Clan Association

Kielty Clan Association

Clan Killalea

Kinsella Homepage

M

Clan MacCarthy

MacDermot Clan Association

Clan MacEgan / Egan / Eagen / Eagen / Keegan

Maguire Clan

Clan Mackenzie of Scotland & UK

McCabe Clan

Clan McCain

Clan McDonald / Donald

Clan McGrath

McLaughlin of Donegal

McMahon - A Tale of Two Clans

Clan MacMahon (McMahon) Association

McManus Clan

Clan McNamara of Ireland, Australia, NZ

Clan McShane

Clan Mhac an t'Saoir

Monaghans of Donegal

Murnanes of Tipperary, Cork & Limerick

Murphy Clan

N

Clan Nangle

O

O'Beirne Family Journal

The Royal O'Briens

Clan O'Byrne

Clan Dalaigh

The O'Connor Genealogist

O'Dea / O'Day ' Day Online

O'Donnell Clan Association

O'Donoghue Society

O'Gara Clan

O'Mahony Society

O'Malley Clan

O'Neill Clan

O'Shea Clan

R

Clan Reagan

Clan Ronan

Ryan Clan Association

S

Scully Clan

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T

Teague Clan

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Tracey Clann

W

Waldron Clan Association

Y

Clan Young

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Most Common Surnames in Ireland and Irish Clans


County Antrim

Most common names: 

Smith, Johnston, Thompson, Wilson, Campbell, Stewart, Robinson, Bell, Brown and Boyd.

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County Armagh

Most common names: 

Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Campbell, O'Hare, Smith, McCann, Donnelly, Watson and Quinn.

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County Carlow

Most common names: 

Byrne, Doyle, Farrell, Kavanagh, Kinsella, Lalor, Lawler, McDonald/McDonnell, Murphy, Nolan, Walshe.

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County Cavan

Most common names: 

Reilly, Smith, Brady, Lynch, McCabe, Clarke, Farrelly, Maguire, Sheridan and Galligan.

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County Clare

Most common names: 

McMahon, McNamara, Moloney, O'Brien, McInerney, Ryan, Kelly, Keane, O'Connor, O'Halloran, Hogan, Lynch, Murphy and Burke.

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County Cork

Most common names: 

McCarthy, Callaghan, McAuliffe, Fitzgerald, Sullivan, Murphy, Walsh, Connor and Connell.

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County Derry (Londonderry)

Most common names: 

Doherty, McLaughlin, Gallagher, McCloskey, Kane, Kelly, Coyle, Moore, Bradley and Campbell.

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County Donegal

Most common names: 

Boyle.

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County Down

Most common names: 

Smith, Johnston, Thompson, Wilson, Campbell, Stewart, Robinson, Bell, Brown and Boyd.

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County Dublin

Most common names: 

Kelly.

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County Fermanagh 

Most common names: 

Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Devlin, McManus, Armstrong, Donnelly, O'Neill, Quinn, Cassidy and Maguire.

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County Galway

Most common names: 

Kelly.

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County Kerry

Most common names: 

O'Sullivan, O'Connor, Shea, Murphy, McCarthy, Moriarty, Fitzgerald, O'Connell, Donoghue, Griffin.

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County Kilkenny

Most common names: 

Murphy, Walsh, Brennan, Maher, Butler, Phelan (& O'Phelan), Grace, Fitzpatrick, Comerford and Ryan.

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County Laois

Most common names: 

Kelly, Dunne, Molloy, Carroll, Egan, Dempsey, O'Connor, Daly, Fitzpatrick and Lalor.

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County Leitrim

Most common names: 

Reynolds, McGowan, Rooney, Flynn, Kelly, Gallagher, Moran, Dolan, McLoughlin and McMorrow.

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County Limerick

Most common names: 

Ryan, Fitzgerald, O'Brien, O'Connor, Hayes, Walsh, Sullivan, Bourke, Madigan, Collopy and Wolfe.

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County Longford 

Most common names: 

O'Farrell or Farrell is still the most dominant surname in the County. Other common surnames are, Quinn, Kenny, Kiernan, Mulvey, Smith, Leavy, Kelly, Glennon, Keenan, Casey and Murphy.

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County Louth


County Mayo

Most common names: 

The more common surnames in the North Mayo include Gallagher, Durkan, McHale, Barrett, McNulty, McNicholas, Brennan, Henry, Doyle, Harkin, Dogherty, Foy, Kelly, Loftus, Gaughan and Lavelle.

In South Mayo common surnames includes Walsh, Burke, Gibbons, Prendergast, Joyce, Murray, Gallagher, Lydon, Heneghan, Murphy, O'Malley, Kelly, Moran, Duffy, O'Connor, Waldron, Farragher.

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County Meath

Most common names: 

Reilly, Smith, Lynch, Brady, Farrell, Farrelly, Kelly, Brien, Daly and Maguire.

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County Monaghan

Most common names: 

O'Boylan / Boyland

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County Offaly 

Most common names: 

Kelly, Dunne, Molloy, Carroll, Egan, Dempsey, O'Connor, Daly, Fitzpatrick and Lalor.

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County Roscommon

Most common names: 

Hanley, Beirne, Kelly, Brennan, Connor, Flynn, Cox, McDermott, Brady and Farrell are the most numerous surnames in County Roscommon.

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County Sligo

Most common names: 

Gallagher, Brennan, MacGowan, Kelly, Gilmartin, Healy, Walsh, Hart, Feeney and MacDonagh.

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County Tipperary

Most common names: 

The chief surnames of North Tipperary include Ryan, O'Brien, Kennedy, O'Meara, Maher/Meagher, Burke, Gleeson, Carroll, Hogan and Kelly.

The chief surnames found in South Tipperary include Ryan, Dwyer, Maher, Brien, Hayes, Quirke, Treacy, Meara, Macken, Maloney, Lonergan.

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County Tyrone

Most common names: 

Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Devlin, McManus, Armstrong, Donnelly, O'Neill, Quinn, Cassidy and Maguire, Boyle.

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County Waterford

Most common names: 

Power, Walsh, O'Brien, Murphy, Ryan, McGrath, Foley, Flynn, Morrissey, Kelly, Phelan and Sullivan.

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County Westmeath

Most common names: 

(Mc)Geoghegan, O'Growney, Brennan, O'Coffey, O'Mulleady, O'Malone, O'Daly, McAuley, McCormack.

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County Wexford

Most common names: 

Murphy, Sinnott, Doyle, Furlong, Walsh, Rossiter, Scallan, Brien, Brown, Stafford, Devereux and Kavanagh

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