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Surnames from County Sligo

25 surnames on the atlas name County Sligo as a homeland or a place the name was found.

A listing here means the name's sourced entry (Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923)) names Sligo as the family's homeland or where the name was found. It does not mean every bearer lives here or came from here, and many names are listed under more than one county.

Brennan Ó Braonáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Braonán, 'little drop / sorrow'” Also: Kilkenny · Roscommon Coleman Ó Colmáin / Ó Clumháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Colmán, 'little dove' — from Latin columba” Also: Cork · Tipperary Durcan Mac Dhuarcáin Gaelic sept · “son of Duarcán” Also: Mayo Feeney Ó Fiannaidhe Gaelic sept · “descendant of Fiannaidhe, 'soldier'” Also: Galway Finn Ó Finn Gaelic sept · “descendant of Fionn, 'fair'” Also: Monaghan · Galway Gaffney Ó Gamhna Gaelic sept · “descendant of Gamhain, 'calf'” Also: Tipperary · Kilkenny Gaughan Ó Gáibhtheacháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Gáibhtheachán, 'plaintive'” Also: Mayo Healy Ó hÉilidhe / Ó hÉalaighthe Gaelic sept · “'claimant' (Sligo) or 'ingenious' (Cork)” Also: Cork Higgins Ó hUiginn Gaelic learned family · “descendant of Uige, 'knowledge, skill'” Also: Mayo · Westmeath Keaveney Mac Géibheannaigh Gaelic sept · “son of Géibheannach, 'fettered'” Also: Fermanagh · Mayo Lehane Ó Liatháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Liathán, 'grey'” Also: Cork Loftus Ó Lachtnáin Gaelic sept (renamed) · “descendant of Lachtnán, 'milk-white'” Also: Mayo MacDermot Mac Diarmada Gaelic dynasty · “son of Diarmaid” Also: Roscommon McDonagh Mac Donnchadha Gaelic sept · “son of Donnchadh” Also: Roscommon · Galway Mooney Ó Maonaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Maonach” Also: Roscommon · Galway Morrissey Ó Muirgheasa Gaelic sept · “descendant of Muirgheas, 'sea-choice'” Mullarkey Ó Maoilearca Gaelic sept · “descendant of the servant of St Earc” Also: Donegal · Mayo Murtagh Mac Muircheartaigh Gaelic sept · “son of Muircheartach, 'sea-director, navigator'” Also: Meath O'Connor Ó Conchobhair Gaelic dynasty · “descendant of Conchobhar, 'lover of hounds'” Also: Roscommon · Kerry · Offaly O'Dowd Ó Dubhda Gaelic dynasty · “descendant of Dubhda, 'the dark'” Also: Mayo O'Hara Ó hEaghra Gaelic sept · “descendant of Eaghra of Luighne” Also: Antrim Quigley Ó Coigligh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Coigleach” Also: Mayo · Donegal Scanlon Ó Scannláin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Scannlán — from scannal, 'contention' or 'strife'” Also: Cork · Kerry Spillane Ó Spealáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Spealán — from speal, a scythe” Also: Tipperary · Cork Taaffe Táth Norman-Welsh · “from Welsh Dafydd (David)” Also: Louth

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