MacFadden
A Donegal name, also found in Mayo without the Mac. Sometimes Scottish. |
Fagan
Usually of Norman origin and popular in Westmeath and Meath. |
Faherty
A Galway name from the east side of Lough Corrib. Most have changed
to the more numerous O’Flaherty. |
Fahy
From the Irish fothadh which means foundation. A great Galway clan
(near Loughrea). Connected to Green. |
Falkoner
Or Falconer, an English name popular in Ulster. Linked to Fealy
and Falvey. |
MacFall
Usually a branch of the Scottish clan Mackintosh and seen in Ulster. |
Fallaher
A Clare name. |
Fallon
Originating from east Galway and south Roscommon. |
Falsey
Found in Clare.
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Falvey
A Kerry clan, also recorded in neighbouring Clare and Cork. |
Fanning
Or Fannin. Norman origin, associated with Limerick and Tipperary. |
Fannon
Seen in Galway and Roscommon.
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Fardy
A Wexford name. |
MacFarland
See MacPartlan, both of which are used in Ulster. |
Farley
An anglicisation of the popular Cavan clan Farrelly.
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Farmer
Usually of Irish extraction and on record in Monaghan. |
Farnon
Or Farnan, an erenagh family from Tyrone. |
Farraher
Seen in Mayo. |
Farrell
Or Ferrall. From O’Fearghail (a brave man). A very popular
Longford name while other areas like north Tipperary use the prefix
O. |
Farrelly
An important Cavan family who remain quite numerous in the Breffni
County. See also Meath.
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Farren
A Donegal name. See Fearon.
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Farrington
An English name and taking this into context is fairly numerous. |
Farris
From the name Fergus in Cavan and Leitrim and an anglicisation of
O’Fearaigh in Donegal. |
Farrissy
On record in Mayo and Leitrim.
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Farry
A Donegal, north Connacht name. |
Faughnan
A Leitrim-Longford name. |
MacFaul
See MacFall.
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Fawcett
Or Fossitt, English and in Ireland for over 500 years. |
Faul
On record in Clare, as abbreviation of MacFaul.
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Fay
A Norman family on record in Cavan, Westmeath and Meath. |
Fealy
Linked to Falvey and Fehilly. |
Fearon
Found in Monaghan. |
Feary
Also Feihry and Feery which is found in Westmeath. |
Feddis
Linked to Fermanagh. |
Fedegan
An Oriel family found in Down and Louth.
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MacFee
A Donegal name and an anglicisation of Mahaffy. Sometimes of Scottish
origin. |
O’Fee
From O’Fiaich (hunter). Seen in Fermanagh, Monaghan and Armagh.
Foy in Offaly. |
Feehan
Long established in the Kilkenny-Tipperary region.
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Feehin
Seen in west Cork.
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Feely
Or Fehilly. From Derry-Donegal sector. both Mac and O used. Feeley
is found in Sligo and Roscommon. |
Feeney
A Connacht name, with concentration in the north Mayo-Sligo and
Galway areas. |
Feerick
Comes from ‘the Borderline of Galway and Mayo’.
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Feery
See Feary.
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Fegan
Often connected to Fagan. Recorded in Down, also Cavan. |
Fehill
A Limerick name linked to Fehilly. |
Fehilly
From south west Cork. See Feeley. |
Feighney
Also Feheny. From O Fiachna (hunter). Found in Roscommon and very
often changed to Hunt. |
Feighry
See Feary and Feery.
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Fenelon
Recorded in the Delvin area of Westmeath. |
Fennell
Seen in Clare and Laois. Often linked to Fennelly. |
Fennelly
Usually connected to Kilkenny, Laois, south Offaly and north Tipperary. |
Fenner
Gave its name to a number of locations but rare enough. See Dublin
and Kilkenny. |
Fennessy
Usually found in Waterford. |
Fenning
A variant of Fanning. |
Fenton
An English name but in Cork and Kerry it is often connected to Finaghty
and Feighney. |
Fergus
The title of two Connacht families. See Mayo. Changed to Ferris
in Kerry. |
Ferguson
Scottish and very popular in Ulster. Has spread further south. Sometimes
linked to Fergus in north Connacht. |
Ferrall
See Farrell.
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MacFerran
Found in the Antrim-Down area.
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Ferrigan
Linked to the O’Reilly clan and recorded in north Louth-south
Down. |
Ferris
Usually associated with Kerry and related to Fergus and Moriarty. |
Ferriter
Of English origin, it can be traced back to Kerry for over 700 years. |
MacFettridge
Sometimes linked to MacFetrick and found in Antrim. |
Fewer
Seen in the south east. |
Field
Or Fields. Mostly English but sometimes the anglicised version of
Fehilly and Maghery. |
Filan
Linked to Phelan and found in the midlands area of Offaly-Westmeath. |
Filgate
English, associated with Louth.
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Finaghty
Nowadays often changed to Finnerty. See Roscommon. |
Finan
Or Finnan. A Mayo-Sligo sept. Sometimes anglicised to Fanning.
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Finlay
Or Findley. Part of the Scottish clan Farquharson. However, in Offaly
and Laois could have come from Fennelly. |
Finn
From Fionn, meaning fair. Originally a Sligo clan, also Galway.
Now found in Munster and in parts of Monaghan. |
Finnan
See Finan.
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Finnegan
Also Finegan. From the Galway-Roscommon area. Also seen in Monaghan,
Armagh, Louth, Meath sector. |
Finneran
A Galway-Roscommon name.
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Finnerty
Another Galway family. |
Finney
Usually the Ulster spelling of Feeney. |
Finucane
From Clare.
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MacFirbis
Once a well known Connacht family, changed to Forbis. |
Fisher
Of English origin. |
Fitzelle
Norman, see Dublin, Antrim and Tipperary. |
Fitzgerald
One of the great Irish families. Norman but now located throughout
the southern part of the country. Two historical bases - Kerry and
Kildare. |
Fitzgibbon
Again a Norman family. See Limerick.
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Fitzharris
A Norman family who settled in Wexford where it is sometimes changed
to Fitzhenry. |
Fitzhenry
Another Norman family which changed to read MacHenry or Henry in
Mayo. See Fitzharris. |
Fitzmaurice
Lords of Lixnaw in Kerry. Norman. Also found in Mayo where Prendergast
was often changed to Fitzmaurice.
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Fitzpatrick
The only Fitz of both Norman and Irish origin. MacGiolla Phádraig
(devotee of St. Patrick). Common name throughout the 26 counties.
Also in Fermanagh where sometimes MacGuire was changed. |
Fitzsimons
Main family came from England in 1323. Very popular Westmeath, Cavan,
Meath name. Connected to Eddery in Mayo. |
Flack
Or Fleck, Scottish and common enough in Ulster.
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Flahavan
Or Flavahan belongs to west Waterford and east Cork. |
Flaherty
The most powerful clan in Connemara. A branch migrated to Kerry.
See also Laverty. |
Flanagan
From flann which means red. An important Roscommon sept. Other lesser
branches. |
Flannelly
A Sligo clan.
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Flannery
Two different branches, one Mayo (most common), the other Limerick. |
Flatley
A Sligo family. Also in neighbouring Mayo.
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Flattery
Possibly connected to Flatley. Found in Offaly. |
Flavelle
Norman and on record in Armagh. |
Fleming
Norman family who arrived in Slane in the twelfth century. Still
common in Meath and seen in most counties. |
Fleury
Connected to Furey and seen in Galway and Offaly.
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Flood
Sometimes of English origin but mostly from the Irish O Maoltuile.
Tuile means flood. Linked to MacAtilla and Tully. See Wexford.
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Flynn
One of the more common names. Different septs. From Kerry and Clare,
two from Cork, from Mayo, while another branch became prominent
in north Leitrim. Linked to Lynn in Antrim and Derry. |
Fogarty
Mostly associated with Tipperary.
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Folan
A Galway-Mayo name where it is a synonym of Fallon. Linked to Phelan. |
Foley
From O’Foghladha which means plunderer. Found in the south
west, Kerry, south west Cork and west Limerick. |
Foody
Or Foudy, found in Mayo.
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Foran
A Munster name with connections to Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
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Forbes
A Scottish family who settled in Longford. Connected to the Irish
MacFirbis, spelt Forbis in Clare. |
Ford
Or Forde, an English name but most are connected to the Irish MacElnay,
MacKinnawe, Foran and Forhane. Quite common in Galway and Mayo. |
Forkin
On record in Galway and Mayo.
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Forrestal
Anglo-Norman and associated with Kilkenny.
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Forsythe
Scottish and like most of its kind found in the Ulster counties. |
Fortune
See Fortin and Forty. Long linked to Wexford, found also in Wicklow
and Carlow.
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Fox
An English name. However the vast majority are a synonym of Kearney,
MacAshinah, Shinnock or Shanahy. Popular in Westmeath and surrounding
midland counties. |
Foy
See Fee |
Foyle
Seen in Laois. |
Fraher
See Farraher. Found in Waterford. |
Frahill
A west Munster name. |
Frain
Or Frayne. Sometimes of Norman extraction. Linked to Freeney in
north Connacht. |
Francis
Again Norman and pops up regularly.
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Franklin
On record in Limerick and Tipperary.
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Franks
Established in Ireland during the seventeenth century. Fairly common
in south Offaly. |
Frawley
A form of Farrelly in Limerick and Clare. |
Frayne
See Frain. |
Frazer
Or Fraser, came from Scotland. |
Freehy
Usually associated with Mayo. |
Freeman
English but sometimes an anglicisation of MacAteer. See Monaghan. |
Freeney
A Waterford-Kilkeny name.
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Frehill
Linked to Friel and found in north Connacht. |
Frehy
Or Frahy is on record in Clare. |
French
A powerful member of the Tribes of Galway. Still generally associated
with this county. |
Friel
A popular Donegal name. Strong links to Farrell.
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Frizell
Seen in the Limerick-Tipperary area. |
Frost
A prominent family in east Clare. |
Fry
English but occasionally linked to Ferris in Donegal.
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Fullam
Or Fulham is English. See Dublin. Also Westmeath. |
Fuller
In Kerry for 500 years.
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Fullerton
An arm of the Scottish clan Stewart. Linked to MacCloy and popular
in Ulster. |
Furey
Generally found in Galway.
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Furlong
Arrived in Wexford in the thirteenth century. Very popular name
in the Model County. Seen in a number of other south eastern counties. |
Furnell
English and linked to Cork and Limerick. |
Furphy
Seen in Tyrone and Armagh. |
Fyan
An important Dublin family of English extraction. See also Meath. |
Fyfe
Scottish, sometimes the anglicisation of O’Fiacha in Fermanagh.
See Fee. |
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