Where do Irish surnames beginning with Q come from?

The homelands most often attached to these names are Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone. Of the 4 listed here, 4 are Gaelic in origin and 0 Norman.

Sloinnte — the names

Irish surnames starting with Q

4 names on the atlas begin with Q — each with the Irish form it was written in before English spelling got hold of it, what it means, and the corner of Ireland it belongs to.

A B C D F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T W

Quigley Ó Coigligh descendant of Coigleach Mayo · Sligo · Donegal Quinn Ó Cuinn descendant of Conn, 'chief' Tyrone · Clare · Longford

The Q names in brief

Quigley · Ó Coigligh · Gaelic sept
Descendant of Coigleach. Woulfe derives it from Coigleach, itself from coigeal, a distaff — a byname for someone unkempt, with hair like the flax on the spindle. The family were a branch of the Uí Fiachrach seated in the barony of Carra in Mayo, and by the end of the 16th century the name had carried into Sligo, Donegal, Monaghan, Carlow, Wexford and Waterford.
Quinn · Ó Cuinn · Gaelic sept
Descendant of Conn, 'chief'. Septs in Ulster, Thomond and Annaly; the Tyrone Quinns were hereditary keepers to the O'Neills. Today it is the most common surname in county Tyrone.

Also spelled with Q

These are listed on the atlas under another spelling, but the Q form is the one many families carry.

Queally Ó Cadhla listed as Kiely Quirevan Ó Ciardhubháin listed as Kirwan

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