Your favourite irish surname, or some good-sounding irish surname you really like?
2007-12-22 22:17:01 · 12 answers · asked by Pink Floyd The Wall 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
One of my maternal great-grandfathers was a John Joseph Dougherty, who immigrated from Ontario, Canada, to Texas during the 1880s. His father, Bernard Dougherty, immigrated to Canada from County Donegal--all of which makes Dougherty my favorite Irish surname. Connally (as in Texas Governor and Nixon's Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally), Kennedy, and O'Reilly are also "good-sounding" Irish surnames. Off hand, of course, I can also think of (Ronald) Reagan, (Georgia) O'Keefee, (Henry) Ford, (Audie) Murphy, and (Tip) O'Neal as examples of Irish-American names--not to mention actors (Peter) O'Toole and (Pierce) Brosnan.
2007-12-23 00:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
O shaughnessy
2014-05-29 21:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carey & Leneghan as they are my families Irish names!
2014-06-20 12:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
McCormack-my girlfriends father has no one to take on the name so I said our son should keep the name McCormack. (It's ok-when he croaks, it'll be up to my son if he wants to change it back to mine-MacDonald-or not!)
I know a man called Padriog(?) Joyce and he married a lady called Joyce Smith. And now no one calls her Joyce-it has to be Joyce-Joyce. She accepts it! It doesn't seem strange anymore.
My mum called him Porrick and I didn't know for ages she meant Pat...which is what everyone calls him!
Curragh is good if you are into betting, Moloney is a fave of mine as there is a great man I play dominoes with from Waterford, but best of all is any good whiskey!
2007-12-23 06:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by johnstonemac 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sullivan
Haughey
McGuinness
McGonagle
2007-12-24 01:56:42 · answer #5 · answered by Unrepentant Fenian Bastard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine is Kennedy :) I like O'Brien, O'Neil and Adams. :)
2014-08-19 15:23:43 · answer #6 · answered by Chrissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flanagan
McSweeney
Murphy
Fitzsimmons
McAlister
2007-12-23 15:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by mollyflan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have to say O'Sullivan because it's my surname! Lol but if you wanted it translated to Irish it would be O Shuilleabhain (male) or Ni Shuilleabhain (female) pronounced who-le-va-an
2014-05-09 13:51:33 · answer #8 · answered by Laura Ashley 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
O'Brian
2007-12-24 18:04:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think my top few would include:
McLoughlin
Moran
Fitzpatrick
2007-12-23 06:32:57 · answer #10 · answered by Lava means love. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋