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Surnames from County Tipperary

45 surnames on the atlas name County Tipperary 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 Tipperary 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.

Butler de Buitléir Norman dynasty · “le botiler — the (chief) butler of Ireland” Also: Kilkenny Cahill Ó Cathail Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cathal — cath, 'battle', with either 'rule' or 'great'” Also: Galway · Kerry Cantwell Cantual Norman · “from Kentwell, Suffolk” Also: Kilkenny Carew de Carrún Norman-Welsh · “from Carew in Pembrokeshire — a place name, 'the fort by the ford'” Also: Cork Carroll Ó Cearbhaill Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cearbhall, 'fierce in battle'” Also: Offaly · Louth Carty Ó Cárthaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cárthach, 'loving'” Also: Roscommon · Clare Coleman Ó Colmáin / Ó Clumháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Colmán, 'little dove' — from Latin columba” Also: Sligo · Cork Condon Condún Norman · “de Caunteton — from Welsh Marches” Also: Cork Corcoran Ó Corcráin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Corcrán, 'purple-faced'” Also: Offaly · Fermanagh Davoren Ó Duibhdábhoireann Gaelic sept · “descendant of Dubhdábhoireann, 'black of the two Burrens'” Also: Clare Donegan Ó Donnagáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Donnagán — a diminutive of donn, 'the dark one' or 'brown'” Also: Cork · Monaghan Egan Mac Aodhagáin Gaelic learned family · “son of little Aodh” Also: Galway · Offaly Fennelly Ó Fionnghalaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Fionnghalach, 'fair-valorous'” Also: Kilkenny Fogarty Ó Fógartaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Fógartach, 'the banished' or 'proclaimed'” Gaffney Ó Gamhna Gaelic sept · “descendant of Gamhain, 'calf'” Also: Kilkenny · Sligo Gleeson Ó Glasáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Glasán — from glas, grey” Also: Limerick · Cork · Kilkenny Hanrahan Ó hAnradháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Anradhán, 'warrior, champion'” Also: Clare · Limerick Hayes Ó hAodha Gaelic sept · “descendant of Aodh, 'fire'” Also: Cork · Limerick Hickey Ó hÍcidhe Gaelic learned family · “descendant of the healer (íce, 'healing')” Also: Clare · Limerick Hogan Ó hÓgáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Ógán, 'the young one'” Also: Clare Horan Ó hArracháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Anradhán, 'warrior, champion'” Also: Laois Kealy Ó Caollaidhe Gaelic sept · “descendant of Caollaidhe” Also: Kilkenny · Laois Kearney Ó Cearnaigh / Ó Catharnaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cearnach, 'victorious'” Also: Mayo · Meath Keating Céitinn Norman-Welsh · “possibly Welsh cethin, 'dusky'” Also: Wexford Kennedy Ó Cinnéide Gaelic sept · “descendant of Cinnéidigh, 'helmeted head'” Also: Clare Keogh Mac Eochaidh Gaelic learned family · “son of Eochaidh — from each, 'horse'” Also: Roscommon · Wicklow Leahy Ó Laochdha Gaelic sept · “descendant of Laochdha, 'heroic'” Also: Cork · Kerry · Limerick Maher Ó Meachair Gaelic sept · “descendant of Meachar, 'hospitable'” Moloney Ó Maoldhomhnaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Maoldomhnaigh, 'devoted to Sunday, or to the Church'” Also: Clare · Limerick Mulcahy Ó Maolchathaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of the devotee of St Cathach ('battle')” Also: Waterford · Limerick O'Brien Ó Briain Gaelic dynasty · “descendant of Brian (Boru)” Also: Clare · Limerick Prendergast de Priondargás Norman-Flemish · “from Brontegeest in Flanders” Also: Mayo · Wexford Purcell Puirséil Norman · “pourcel — 'piglet' (a herdsman's name)” Also: Kilkenny Quinlan Ó Caoindealbháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Caoindealbhán, 'gracefully shaped'” Also: Meath · Kerry Ryan Ó Maoilriain Gaelic sept · “descendant of Maoilriaghain” Also: Limerick Scully Ó Scolaidhe Gaelic sept · “descendant of the scholar” Also: Westmeath Shanahan Ó Seanacháin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Seanachán, 'the old, wise one'” Also: Clare · Kerry Sheedy Mac Síoda Gaelic sept · “son of Síoda, 'silk'” Also: Clare · Limerick Sheehy Mac Síthigh Scots-gallowglass · “son of Sítheach, 'the peaceful' — or 'the otherworldly'” Also: Limerick · Kerry Slattery Ó Slatara Gaelic sept · “descendant of Slatra, 'the strong, bold'” Also: Clare Spillane Ó Spealáin Gaelic sept · “descendant of Spealán — from speal, a scythe” Also: Sligo · Cork Tierney Ó Tighearnaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Tighearnach, 'lordly'” Also: Mayo · Donegal Tobin Tóibín Norman · “de St Aubyn” Also: Kilkenny Treacy Ó Treasaigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Treasach, 'the fierce, the warlike'” Also: Galway · Laois Troy Ó Troighthigh Gaelic sept · “descendant of Troightheach, 'the foot-soldier'” Also: Clare

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