Murphys – you win the prize for the most common last name in Ireland, especially in County Cork. This surname, which means “sea battler,” translates to Irish as MacMurchadh (son of ...

Murphys – you win the prize for most common last name in Ireland, especially in County Cork. This surname, which means “sea battler,” translates to Irish as MacMurchadh (son of Murchadh ...

More info Pop star Rihanna may be descended from residents of Co ... Irish who were transported to Barbados after the Cromwellian Conquest, Cork Beo reports. The name Fenty comes from the surname ...

There were but two others in Co Cork - Miss Nettles with two acres, and Denis Nettles, Macroom, with three. The surname Nettles did not flourish in Ireland. Our usual sources do not list it ...

The origin of more than 45,000 surnames has been revealed by a team ... of 45,600 most frequent family names in Britain and Ireland. They found that nearly 40,000 family names are native to ...

Her father is descended from the Irish who were transported to Barbados after the Cromwellian Conquest Pop star Rihanna may be descended from residents of Co ... surname. Some of the other unusual ...