Product Description: Since it's first publication 20 years ago, there has been both change and stability among favorite Irish names for children. This book lists and glosses more than 200 of the most popular Irish names for boys and girls. It gives a short, authoritative commentary on each headline name, offers a complete list of alternative spellings and anglicized forms, and contains notes on the origins of each name with particular reference to the original holders...read more

Product Description: Surnames of North West Ireland. Concise Histories of the Major Surnames of Ga.... Clearfield, 2009.

Product Description: There is a delightful variety included plus a sprinkling of contemporary Irish personalities with an explanation of their names. Variations in spelling are given as well as a pronunciation guide

A comprehensive collection of first names and surnames includes common Celtic myths and legends related to specific names, as well as historical references, pronunciations, and variants that can help prospective parents choose a name or help genealogical researchers trace their roots. Original. (view table of contents)

Presents a unusual guide to baby names that draws on Irish history and culture to offer hundreds of names, alphabetically organized into such thematic categories as famous Irish personages, Irish saints, Celtic animals and plants, and magic, myth, and legend. Original.

Product Description: Together with the original Irish families, this book presents the result of the labours of Dr Edward MacLysaght. They will stand as a monument to this scholar. Libraries and genealogists who wish to have an encyclopaedia of Irish name lore at their elbow will invest in this rara avis, a definitive work...read more

Product Description: Looks at the 200 most popular Irish Christian names, with a short, witty and authoritative commentary on each. The book details the origin of each name and - in the case of saints' names - gives a potted life of the original eponym...read more

An introduction to Irish nomenclature provides data on the historical background and linguistic derivation of family names