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Most popular Irish surnames and what they mean
It has been revealed which Irish surnames were the most popular for ... of famous folks such as Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy and American comedian Eddie Murphy. The second most popular surname ...
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Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?
Leaving their homeland for vaster shores since before the famine, Irish women and men have established themselves across the world, many settling in America. As a matter of fact, the population ...
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Rare Irish names modern American parents should consider
Names that come from Irish surnames, such as Kennedy and Riley ... Here are some unknown and rare Irish names that we think ...
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Map of Surnames Celebrates Bay Ridge’s Irish History
To mark the 30th annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade a deputy grand marshal in this year’s march collaborated with The ...
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What’s with the name? – Frank McNally on O’Doul, O’Day, and other nominal oddities of Irish America
Some Irish American surnames can seem almost plausible while also, if you’re from this side of the Atlantic, making your ears hurt. Remember, for example, the doomed hero of One Flew Over the ...
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Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later
In 2023, Patrick Madden, who was given up at birth in Dublin and adopted by an Irish American couple in New York, discovered his long-lost Irish family and learned that he is the eldest of eight ...