Irish Name Histories

Irish Coat of Arms History

Find out more about popular Irish surnames, including the meaning behind their coat of arms symbols, their family history and legends, and famous Irish men and women who shared their names. The following links below contain brief histories and information on each family name (we'll be adding more names soon). 

B

• Boyle Irish Coat of Arms
• Brady Irish Coat of Arms
• Brennan Irish Coat of Arms
• Burke Irish Coat of Arms

C

• Callahan Irish Coat of Arms
• Carroll Irish Coat of Arms
• Casey Irish Coat of Arms
• Clark Irish Coat of Arms
• Clarke Irish Coat of Arms
• Collins Irish Coat of Arms
• Coyle Irish Coat of Arms

D

• Daly Irish Coat of Arms
• Doherty Irish Coat of Arms
• Dolan Irish Coat of Arms
• Donahue Irish Coat Of Arms
• Donnelly Irish Coat of Arms
• Donohue Irish Coat Of Arms
• Donovan Irish Coat of Arms
• Doyle Irish Coat of Arms
• Duffy Irish Coat of Arms
• Dwyer and O'Dwyer Coat of Arms

 E

• Egan Irish Coat of Arms

 F

• Farrell Irish Coat of Arms
• Fitzgerald Irish Coat of Arms
• Fitzpatrick Irish Coat of Arms
• Flaherty Irish Coat of Arms
• Flanagan Irish Coat of Arms
• Flynn Irish Coat of Arms
• Foley Irish Coat of Arms

G

• Gallagher Irish Coat of Arms
• Green Irish Coat of Arms
• Griffin Irish Coat of Arms

H

• Healy Irish Coat of Arms
• Hickey Irish Coat of Arms
• Hughes Irish Coat of Arms

J

• Joyce Irish Coat of Arms

K

• Kelly Irish Coat of Arms
• Kelley Irish Coat of Arms
• Kennedy Irish Coat of Arms

L

• Lynch Irish Coat of Arms

M

• Maguire Irish Coat of Arms
• Mahoney Irish Coat of Arms
• Malone Irish Coat of Arms
• McCarthy Irish Coat of Arms
• McCormick Irish Coat of Arms
• McDermott Irish Coat of Arms
• McDonald Irish Coat of Arms
• McGrath Irish Coat of Arms
• McGuire Irish Coat of Arms
• McMahon Irish Coat of Arms
• McNamara Irish Coat of Arms
• Moran Irish Coat of Arms
• Murphy Irish Coat of Arms
• Murray Irish Coat of Arms

N

• Nolan Irish Coat of Arms
• Noonan Irish Coat of Arms

O

• O'Brien Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Connell Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Connor Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Donahue Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Donnell Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Donoghue Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Leary Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Malley Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Neill Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Reilly Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Riley Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Rourke Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Shaughnessy Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Shea Irish Coat of Arms
• O'Sullivan Irish Coat of Arms

Q

• Quinlan Irish Coat of Arms
• Quinn Irish Coat of Arms

R

• Reilly Irish Coat of Arms
• Riley Irish Coat of Arms
• Ryan Irish Coat of Arms

S

• Shannon Irish Coat of Arms
• Shaughnessy Irish Coat of Arms
• Shea Irish Coat of Arms
• Sullivan Irish Coat of Arms
• Sweeney Irish Coat of Arms

W

• Walsh Irish Coat of Arms