These are the top 10 Irish Surnames. If your name or relatives have any of these Surnames, there's a very good chance you have Irish ancestors. #irish #ireland #irishnames #ancestors
... There are far more Irish people spread out over the world than there are in Ireland. Wouldn't it be WONDERFUL if all those Irish returned to Ireland claiming citizenship? Would they be given new houses, government money and free health care? Discuss!
How the fuck would that be wonderful for actual Irish people living in Ireland already struggling with how strained the healthcare system is, and how fucked the housing market is. I hope you were being sarcastic, otherwise you're probably a clueless American living in Wisconsin who's great great grandad was half Irish
As well as most Americans seeming to claim Irish ancestry, Biden would raise a few eyebrows. Instead of being offered accommodation, I'd love the locals to tell him where to go, to be honest. The 🏴 just seem him as a complete knobshyte knunt.
@@annebuckley5975 Indeed they did. However regardless of where they migrated to they assimilated, worked hard for anything they wanted, no one met them at the dockside/airport offering them free accommodation, free health care and free spending money. Can you detect the difference between Irish migrants and the rubbish washing up here recently yet?
My grandmother’s maiden name (father’s side) was Murphy ❤. But my grandmother on my mom’s side came from Donegal back in the 1800s (surname Ferin). Married an American with the last name off Hannon. However, I only am about 1/3 Irish but married a man with a lot of Irish so my children are nearly 1/2 Irish ☘️. Named my daughter Erin ❤❤❤ Wish we lived there now….
My name is murphy ,but you have to back 300 yrs when the the Murphy’s lived in Cork ,they came over to Scotland ,and settled in Ayrshire,before moving to Lanarkshire been here ever since ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
My mother was mostly Irish. Her father's last name was Danty, her mother's maiden name was Carroll. My great grandfather several generations back was Daniel Carroll a friend of Washington and a member of the Continental Congress. My last name is Ukrainian by way of Dalmatia for several hundred years. Both sides generational Roman Catholics for over a thousand.
My grandpa’s grandparents came over from Ireland, but they changed their name to sound more American. As anti Irish as a lot of people were back then, probably a lot of Irish did that.
Fubar: if as you say, "MOST" Irish "PROBABLY" altered their surnames, then please explain to us why the entirety of N. America is generously populated with those STILL retaining their original Irish surnames from their forefathers? The Irish have never been ashamed of who they are. I suspect that you are one of those paid y t lurkers who stalk channels then report if there's POOlitical in-correctness, and NOT in fact Irish, because you haven't a clue what you're fabricating.
What about the Reilly's? I'm a Reilly (not Riley) from Liverpool. I'd heard that my family came from County Cavan and that there are many Reilly's in County Cavan. My Mother side of the family were Muldoon's.
This is very cool. Smith however, is basically generic, and can be found in mass abundance anywhere in the English-speaking world; furthermore, it could very well be an "Englishization" of immigrants from continental Europe ; Schmitt or Schmidt from German speaking regions; or the Dutch surname Smit, Smidt or Smet with or without the De or de prefix.
My maternal great grandfather was a Burke from Mayo. I was born in Wales. I’m Welsh, thanks. If I was a yank, mind, I would be screaming from the rooftops that I was Irish.
@@chrisloy1736 I hate to tell you but, although it has Norman origins, it has been Irish for 800 years and (nearly) every Burke you meet in England are fairly recently from Ireland.
Doreen from County Down Arrived in NZ in 1840 my Greatx4 Grand Father died at 104 yrs of age buried in an unmarked Catholic Grave in Wellington in 1876!
Within the Northern part of Ireland the border counties and the nine counties of Ulster names ie Gallagher, O'Donnell, O'Neil, Doherty, O'Doherty, O'Cannon, Friel ie which place you would say these names would have on your list.
I grew up in an Irish Catholic immigrant neighborhood in the States. Most of my friends' parents still spoke the Irish language to each other in the 70's and 80's when I was growing up. I've never heard of anyone with the last name Byrne strangely enough, maybe it's a Protestant name. We didn't have a single Protestant in our neighborhood.
My mother's father was born in Liverpool, England, to parents who had come from Ireland as very small children in the great potat famine. His surname was Dale, which is not an Irish name. However there was a strong suspicion that their original name was Daley, which IS an Irish name, but incorrectly recorded by immigration officials in Liverpool.
I am Cardiff Irish and proud of it. My father was born in County Cork, where most of the ORegans are found I think. I regard myself as Irish, though one of my brothers, also Cardiff born, calls himself a Welshman.
Many Irish surnames were replaced by English Bureaucrats undertaking census activity and people were also encouraged to adopt names associated with their trade such as tanner, smith and cooper. This was in lieu of their Irish 'family ' name. Elizabethan and Victorian examples of reducing Gaelic influence.
Your surname does not define your nationality and it definitely doesn't make you Irish, so all those Americans with a great great grandaddy called Paddy Murphy, think again 😂
@@Breas-md6hc no, it's culture. It's growing up in Ireland. Look at your passport. You may have Irish ancestry, and that's fine, enjoy that, moving beyond that is a slippery slope
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 No, if my wife had a baby in China would this make my son or daughter Chinese? No of course not, its only DNA and blood that makes you Irish, English, German, African or Chinese...these is no slippery slope with the truth.
To be fair, the majority of the Smyth/Smith surnames will be native Irish. Akin to many such surnames, it's an Anglification of an original Gaelic surname that was adopted when England ruled Ireland, usually to disguise Irishness in order to avoid discrimination (or worse). The majority of Irish Smyths or Smiths will have originally been MacGowan/Mac an Gabhann (ie 'Son of the Smith'). Before the Anglo-Nornans started throwing their weight around, the Mac an Gabhann's were quite powerful in old County Cavan.
O'Keeffe was great grandfather from County Cork on mother's side. McMurrey on father's side, but not sure where from exactly in Ireland... maybe County Galway. Learning Irish on Duolingo.
an englihman born and bred thats worked in the building industry all my working life (50 plus years)and have known thousands of paddies over the years and all those surnames over the years ive known loads. married a biddy many years ago(she,s passed now)and her family mother and farthers side all came accross the water im surprised the farthers name isnt on the list curtin.theres loads of that surname ive known over the years.wifes lot were all from around the kerry/cork/limerick/claire area and been there many times myself
I'm an Irish American. My Surname is one of the top 5 names. I read a book on Irish Surnames many years ago. So I already knew exactly where my name fit on your list. Most of my family, with many Irish Surnames, came over just before, during or after the Famine. Most from Cork or Mayo. Some families bounced from Ireland to Scotland and back again. My families Surname stayed strictly in Ireland. Once here, they met other Irish people and married. Many stories passed down through the generations, of the difficulties my ancestors faced, due to the famine and the English. There are many movies about the Jews and the Holocaust. I wish there were more historical movies about the Irish, the famine and their plight, starvation and the hate the English had for them. Five years ago, I had a boss from England. He was forever putting the Irish people down. He never missed a chance to say, "Well, at least I'm not Irish". Sad that even today, there are English that feel that way.
some names can be both Irish and English, particularly Smith, maybe Blake, I have an Irish ancestor called Darcy but its Norman Irish from the Norman conquest, after the conquest many settled in Ireland which i am sure the Smiths and Blakes did at a later time- I only know William Blake and may be wrong on latter. Alot of English settled in Ireland from Medieval time onwards so be careful. Don't forget the Scandinavians who colonised many parts - Norse Irish who built Dublin and many other places. Ireland has a great Viking history and it would be interesting to have a video on Irish names that originated from Scandinavian and could include Normandy?
I'm a Farley from Westmeath and a Calanan from Co Clair in my ancestry. Do I really know the ones who came to America during the Great Famine? Am I Irish? No! I am a full blooded American. That said, I have a deep respect for my ancestors who struggled and had no clue I would exist in relative luxury today.
Brown is also very common surname. I read somewhere that Brown came into existence there because of immigration. Braun is a German surname so when a person immigrating said Braun, due to the accent it was translated to Brown. It just may go the same with Smith vs Schmidt.
There is a lot more Irish Surnames that the 10 you have here, my own family can easily be traced back well before even the Normans came here, in fact family name is written in the book of the four masters, which is one of the oldest books over here.
He was giving the 10 most common Irish names in all of Ireland. I had read a book on Irish Sir names, years back. His list is accurate. We all have many Irish names in our family tree.
Okay, I am an Irish in America. Ancestors forced out by famine. I would consider retiring in Ireland but I would neither need nor want government help. My ancestors are Kelley, Stitt and Molden. From County Cork and County Kerry. Other side of family from Württemberg, Germany.
There is a bit of Irish in us all.My father's name was Wall. From the Walls of Kilkenny.Which l went to Kilkenny.very beautiful place.Top of the morning to you all.🇬🇧🇬🇧😃😃😃😃
My Grandmother on my mother's side was a Cassidy and her family orientated from Monaghan. We got back to 1835 when my ancestors had a farm. Starvation forced them to Wishaw Glasgow area. There are allot living there to this day. My Dad's side is Scottish 🏴. Celtic blood. I was told once name's starting with CA can be traced back to early Tribe's in Ireland. Cassidy Clan originated from the North part.
I attended the Cassidy Clan Gathering a few years ago as a speaker. Fermanagh is their ancient homeland, so Monaghan is just next door. Your point about CA is however plain nonsense.
One of the three earliest settlers in Fleming County, Kentucky (which became a haven for Ulster-Irish immigrants) was Michael Cassidy, a Presbyterian from Dublin, along with two half-brothers, George Stockton & James Fleming, also from Ireland. George named the county & county seat, Flemingsburg, in honor of his late brother, whom I believe was massacred by some Native Americans.
I'm Canadian and half French Canadian, on my Dad's side (not French), I have Smith, Walsh and Murphy. My DNA says I could be 8-17% Irish. I also have 25% Scottish, 7% Norwegian and some Dutch from my ancestors who settled New Netherlands.James Murphy was on the St. John river in1780's.Most of my ancestors on my Dad's side came over in the 1630's.My grandma's Mom was Scottish, she spoke Gaelic. Amazing too what genealogy and DNA will discover. My Dad's family came from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony in1634, I only have 5% English.
My grandmother (Reilly) married my grandfather (O’Connor). Both emigrated from Ireland in the late 1800s. Her mother’s name was Murphy; his mother’s name was Sullivan. I think I have some Irish in me.
Gidday from Australia. Ha, I have 7/10 of those names. Mum's side are Byrne & Smith(from Limerick), O'Sullivan. Dad's mum was an O'Brien with some Ryan, and her mum's side had the O'Connors, & Kelly. Love being of Irish descent. Favourite colour is.... emerald green of course :)
My grandfather came to America from Ireland but his last name was Sinclair. So....I've got a Scottish surname, but I consider myself having Irish roots.
You must point out that ones IRISH DNA are easily excluded by a number of generations ... For instance: an Irish convict, by the name of MURPHY, runs off along the coast of Australia in the 1600's - and takes up with an Aborigine woman ... After this couples twelve children are all absorbed and accepted by the native population, their descendants will have little more ... Then the name MURHY to remind them that they once had a Paddy as a gggg Grand Da ... Just sayin! 🙂
Both sides of my family haven’t left northern England for centuries. So I’m a proud Anglo Saxon, son of the sword ⚔️ but my name is actually Anglo Norman .
It all sounds like Murphy's Law to me ! FYI... Latest estimate... Approx. 80 million 'x' Irish living outside of Ireland throughout the World in the 'Diaspora'... and we all love tapping our feet to a jig or two ! To be sure !
@Breas1014 I do know my name and its origin and how it is spelt pet. Another spelling is O'Dhuill/ Nì Dhuill. 5 generations of us still living in Ireland.
