The earliest known Irish surname is O’Clery (O Cleirigh); it’s the earliest known because it was written that the lord of Aidhne, Tigherneach Ua Cleirigh, died in County Galway back in the year 916 ...

A new seven-part series exploring the history of Ireland's most common surnames is set to air on Irish-language broadcaster TG4 on Sunday night. "Sloinne" (Irish for surname) provides a fascinating ...

The origins of some last names are pretty self-explanatory, whether it's Baker, Shepherd or even Rotten. But many surnames make no sense at all, at least not to the average Joe without a degree in Old ...

A list of the royal families in Ireland around 1515 has recently come to light, and can highlight whether you are likely to ...

Before the great immigration wave of Eastern Europeans and Italians in the 1900s and ’10s Pittston was 80 or more percent Irish. A look at Pittston in the 1890 United States Census shows page after ...