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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - Connacht

Galway, Connacht Province, Ireland by Mohn Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi
Galway, Connacht Province, Ireland, © 2006, Mohn Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi

CONNACHT PROVINCE

Former spelling: Connaught
Irish Name: Connachta
Counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo
Region: West

Tartan: The district tartan for Connacht province is a traditional plaid pattern in fuchsia and bright green, with sky blue and purple accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • Connacht Province Tartan

Connacht Province Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Beirne, Brennan, Burke, Conneely, Connolly, Connor, Conway, Doherty, Dolan, Duffy, Durkan, Egan, Fahey, Feeney, Flaherty, Flanagan, Flynn, Forde, Gallagher, Gibbons, Gilmartin, Harte, Henry, Higgins, Joyce, Keane, Keany, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, King, Leonard, Lyons, MacDermott, MacGovern, MacGowan, MacHale, MacMorrow, MacSharry, Maguire, Mannion, McDermott, McDonagh, McHugh, McLoughlin, McTernan, Moran, Mullin, Mulvey, Murphy, Murray, O'Hara, O'Toole, Quinn, Regan, Reilly, Reynolds, Rooney, Scanlon, Sheridan, Stenson, Sweeney, Towey, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Armstrong, Barrett, Brennan, Burke, Casey, Clarke, Connaughton, Connolly, Cox, Coyne, Cunningham, Darcy, Dillon, Doherty, Duffy, Dunne, Durkin, Fallon, Finnegan, Flaherty, Gallagher, Gibbons, Gilmartin, Gilmore, Glynn, Gormley, Higgins, Hunt, Joyce, Jordan, Kelly, Lang, Lavelle, Lynch, Madden, Mannion, Martin, McDermott, McDonough, McGowan, McHale, McHarry, McManus, Meehan, Moran, Morley, Mulligan, O'Flaherty, O'Malley, O'Rourke, Quinn, Reilly, Reynolds, Scanlon, Sweeney, Walsh

Next page: County Cork


References: Irish Surname Maps, Barry Griffin, Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Provinces of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) Connacht province tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Galway, Connacht Province, Ireland, 20o6, Mohn Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, used under Creative Commons License CC BY 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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Location map of Connacht province
Location of Connacht province
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