Irish Family Name Spellings & Genealogy

Family Research Tips.
How to recognize Irish Family Names
and spelling changes commonly found
when researching family history.
Mac, O, Fitz, Kil, Gil, dela, and more.

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[Mickthebridge]

Street is a name that originated outside of Ireland normally, but you never know what could have been translated to Street on an isolated occasion..... O'Donnell is very well known, particularly in Donegal with a big role in Irish history..... I know some Mannions from Galway, sometimes connected to Manning surname..

[qualqui]

Hi, how about Scanlan, would this name also have any old irish spellings are various ones? What little i know is this name originated in county Lough.

[Mickthebridge]

@qualqui County Louth is it ? Several spellings as is common with most any Irish name. I ran into Scanlane in the 17th century and later.

[Mickthebridge]

Fitz has several spellings in Ireland. I have found Fitts, Fits, Fitch, etc... and Walsh as Welsh, Welshe, Walshe, Wailsh in older records too...

[caliscot22]

Are there any other ways to spell Walsh. I know Welsh is one but would walsh have more letters in it?

[Mickthebridge]

@caliscot22 - plenty of ways I've seen Walsh spelled in old documents including

Walshe, Welch, Welche, Welsh, etc...

[IrishFamilyHistory]

@qualqui My Scallions (that I still have not found in Wexford) seemed to often be interchanged with Scallon and Scanlan?

[r0botpiss]

Do you know were i could find flynn family mottos i cant find much info on the surname flynn other than its crest

[TheTaylorWalsh]

Walsh, Representing!

<3 From Canada

[qualqui]

@Mickthebridge Wow, so my childhood friend James Welch was irish all along, i thought he'd be english.

[TheCryptology]

Would the surname "Street" have any old Irish spellings?

[jpmccue7]

I read that "walsh" meant Welshmen, and Fitz is Norman name from Ireland.Spelled different in other nations, like france or Germany.