I don't know how many researchers are trying to trace their Irish roots back to Ireland, but after going through the 1870 census of Luzerne County, I am sure I'm not the only one trying to do so. I found an article by Joe Shoulak published in the San Francisco Chronicle part of which might be of interest. The article gives the names of the counties of Ireland and the surnames that originated in them. Many of you may have this information. For those who don't, I will try to send a county or two with the names every so often.
COUNTY ANTRIM
DeBurgo DeCourey DeLacy Donnelan Dugan Earle Lacy Magee MacAllister
MacClean MacDonagall MacDonnell MacDougal MacGuigan MacKinley MacLaughlin
MacNalley MacQuillan Murboly O'Criodan O'Eric O'Flynn O'Furry O'Hamill
O'Hannon O'Hara O'Kane O'Kennan O'Mulholland O'Neill O'Shiel Quillan
Toome Welsh.
COUNTY ARMAGH
Cowell Daly Heir MacCann MacEvoy Moyry O'Callahan O'Cloonan O'Colgan
O'Donnegan O'Duvany O'Garvey O'Hair O'Hanlon O'Hanratty O'Hare O'Heir
O'Keiran O'Larkin O'Marron O'Neill O'Neilland O'Tierney Price Shannon
Small.
COUNTY CARLOW
Butler Carew Cheevers Cooke Leighland Lombard MacMurrough Mullins
Nolan O'Bolger O'Cahill O'Cavanaugh O'Doyle O'Esmond O'Flynn O'Gahan
O'Gorman O'Kelly O'Kinsella O'Murphy O'Nolan O'Ryan O'Shea O'Toole
Strongbow Tallon Wall Whelan.
COUNTY CAVAN
Breeney Curry Fagan Fitzpatrick Fitzsimon Fleming Hull Keene Lloyd
MacBrady MacCabe MacDonald MacEnteggert MacGafney MacGargan MacGavan
MacGovern MacGowan MacGranan MacGraw MacHugh MacKiernan MacNulty
MacTiernan MacTully Masterson O'Brady O'Brogan O'Clery O'Conaghty
O'Coyle O'Curry O'Daly O'dolan O'Drom O'Farrelly O'Lynch O'Mulligan
O'Mulrooney O'Murray O'Reilly O'Sheridan Plunkett Riley Sheridan Smith
COUNTY CLARE
Brady Bryant Burke Cotter Cullen Cusack DeClare Deegan Devin Dillon
Ennis Ferguson Fitzpatrick Griffin Griffith Harte Keane Kilroy
Kincora Kitson Lunch MacBrodin MacBrady MacClancy MacDonnell MacLepaght
MacLysaght MacMahon MacNamara MacSweeny O'Breen O'Brien O'Callaghan
O'Carmody O'Connell O'Conran O'Considine O'Creagh O'Cullenan O'Culligan
O'Curran O'Daly O'Davoran O'Day O'Dermody O'Donnell O'Dorman O'Drinan
O'Felan O'Flahavan O'Flattery O'Flynn O'Geary O'Gorman O'Grady
O'Grotty O'Heffernan O'Hickey O'Hogan O'Holleran O'Honeen O'Howley
O'Kearney
O'Keeley O'Liddy O'Loghlin O'Maloney O'Morony O'Mullany O'Mullens
O'Mulvile O'Neill O'Neylan O'Quinlevan Phillips Reidy Sullivan
COUNTY CORK
Ahern Barnewell Barrett Barry Beal Bear Casey Clayton Coffey Condon
Coppinger Deasy DeCapel DeCaren DeCarewe DeCogan Desmond Dunhoy Egan
Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon Gould Haley Harrington Healy Hickey Hogan Horgan
Keely Kelleher Kent Kidney Lyons MacAuliffe MacCarthy MacClancey
McDonough MacElroy MacSheehy Nagle O'Baire O'Begley O'Bradley O'Brien
O'Callghan O'Coleman O'Creagh O'Cromley O'Crowly O'Cullen O'Cullinan
O'Curry O'Daly O'Danaher O'Dea O'Dennery O'dinane O'Dineer O'Donegan
O'Donavan O'Driscoll O'Dugan O'Fihelly O'Flynn O'Grotty O'Halahan
O'Hartigan O'Hea O'Hennigan O'Herlihy O'Hurley O'Kearney O'Keefe
O'Leary O'Lehan O'Looney O'Lornasay O'Lynch O'Mahoney O'Morony
O'Mullane O'Murphy
O'Noonan O'Regan O'Riordan O'Ronagne O'Rurey O'Scannell O'Shea O'Sullivan
O'touhy O'Tuomey roche Sarsfield Shanley Shannon Sheedy Sherry
Skiddy Supple Sweeney Tobin Tracey Walsh.
COUNTY DONEGAL
Banach Blake Bodkin Browne Curran Crowe Doherty Donegan Duvan Fay
Gallagher MacBride Macclean MacCloskey MacCross MacDannett MacDavett
Mac Duvan MacFadden MacGettigan MacGilbride MacGowan MacGinty MacHugh
MacIntyre MacLoghlin MacNulty MacSweeney MacTeighe MacWard O'Begley
O'Boyle O'Bradley O'Breslin O'Brien O'Broder O'Cannahan O'Clary O'Conner
O'Corgley O'Cormley O'Coyle O'Darnun O'Dorrian O'Doyle O'Duffy O'Farranan
O'Freel O'Gallagher O'Gormley O'Hagerty O'Hogarty O'Hugh O'Kernan
O'Kerragnan O'Kenny O'Larly O'Laverty O'Leany O'Lynchy O'Morrison
O'Muldorry O'Mulgee O'Mulvany O'Murray O'Neill O'Quinn O'Rafferty
O'Rody O'Sherran O'Tarcert Tye Ward.
COUNTY DOWN
Andley Arthur Black Carlan Cormac Cooper Copland Deburgo DeConway
DeCourey DeLacy Dromore Fitzsimmon Gillespie Gilmore Jordan Kimel
MacArthur MacCartan MacClean Macgilmore MacGinnis MacGuinnes MacGowan
MacRory Mandeville Martell O'Colgan O'Criodan O'Donley O'Donlevy
O'Florry O'Garvey O'Hanvey O'Hoey O'Kelly O'Largnan O'Lawler O'Lonegan
O'Loughman O'Lowry O'Lynch O'Macken O'Mahon O'Moore O'Moran O'Neill
O'Nevaline O'Rogan O'rooney O'Savage Patrick Riddell Russell Smith Smyth
Stauntan White.
COUNTY DUBLIN
Bagott Buckley Burnell Butler Cheevers Corrigan Cowell Cruise Curley
Delohoyde Fagan Fitzsimon Fitzwilliam Golden Gray Hagerty Heffernan
Lawrence MacGoullamaho O'Casey O'Kelly O'Toole Plunkett Preston Reynolds
Sarsfield Seagrave Talbot Taylor Tyrell Walsh.
COUNTY FERMANAGH
Leonard MacCaffrey MacDonnell MacEnteggart MacGarrahan MacGillinen MacGuire
MacGuishenen MacLennon MacManus MacTiernan MacTully MacWard Magrath McCoy
O'Breslin O'Brien O'Casey O'Cassidy O'Colgley O'Colitaran O'Cooney
O'Corcoran O'Cormac O'Corrigan O'Devin O'Donegan O'Felan O'Flanagan
O'Gorman O'Heaney O'Hooey O'Keenan O'Kelly O'Luinin O'Meehan O'Muldoon
O'Mulrooney O'Tracy O'Tomulty O'Quinn Shannon Small.
COUNTY GALWAY
Birmingham Blake Brehan Browne Burke Conealy Cormack Corrib Darcy
Day Deane
DeBurge Dillon Doyle Gately Gillespie Grimes Flaherty French Hall
Hannon Heyne
Higgins Hughes Joyce Kelly Knockton Lynch MacConrey MacEgan MacGilduff
MacGilkelly MacHugh MacNevin MacTully MacWard Madden Madigan Martin
Moran
Morris Mullaly Nevin Nevins O'Cahill O'Callahan O'Cashin O'Canavan
O'Cawley
O'Cleary O'Coffey O'Conelly O'Connoly O'Conor O'Cullen O'Daly O'Donaghy
O'Donnell O'doyle O'Drunen O'Duane O'Fahy O'Fallon O'Feeney
O'Flaherty O'Foran
O'Grady O'Hall O'Halloran O'Hannon O'Haverty O'Hayes O'Hoolighan
O'Horan O'Hyes
O'Kean O'Keaveney O'Kerwan O'Larkin O'Lee O'Leehan O'Lennon O'Lornan
O'Madden
O'Maginn O'Manning O'Moran O'Morgan O'Mulkerin O'Mullaly O'Mullarky
O'Mulrooney
O'Scurry O'Sheehan O'Shaughnessy O'sullivan O'toole O'Tormey O'Tracy
Rickard
Skerret Stanton Staunton Whelan.
COUNTY KERRY
Abbey Brehon Browne Falvey Fineen Fitzgerald Harte Hussey Joy
MacCarthy
McClancey MacCrehan MacEgan MacElliot MacFineen MacGillicuddy Magrath
MacKenna
MacSheehy MacSweeney More O'Brennan O'Bronagham O'Carroll O'Casey
O'Connell
O'Conor O'Coxey O'Creagh O'Cronin O'Daley O'Delaney O'Donoghue O'Doolin
O'Dunady O'Feennaghty O'Fitzmaurice O'Flynn O'Foley O'Gallivan O'Gallwan
O'Grady O'Griffin O'Hegarty O'Healy O'Horney O'Kelleher O'Kennedy O'Layne
O'Leahy O'Mahoney O'Mara O'Moran O'More O'Moriarity O'Mullane O'Quinlan
O'Quinsalen O'Scanlan O'Shea O'Sheehan O'Slattery O'Sullivan Quill
Reidy Sears
Trant Walsh.
COUNTY KILDARE
Burke Dalahoyd Dempsey DeVesey Earl Errill Fitzgerald FitzHenry
MacDonnell Noos
O'Byrne O'Carey O'Carroll O'Colgan O'Conor O'Cullen O'Dunn O'Dempsey
O'Kelly
O'Murrigan O'Toole Talbot Travers Wogan.
COUNTY KILKENNY
Archer Butler Cantwell Comerford DeClare DeMontmorency Gillespie
Grace Greland
Keefe MacBreen Mockler O'Bolger O'Brennan O'Brodar O'Callan O'Carroll
O'Corcoran O'Donoghoe O'Doyle O'Gloran O'Hickey O'Keefe O'Keeley
O'Loughman
O'More O'Ryan O'Shae Power Purcell Roth Shortall Tobin Walsh
Whelan.
COUNTY LAOIGHIS
Butler Dempsey dolan Dooliney Doran Dunne Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick
Harrigan
MacCashin MacEvoy MacGilpatrick MacGorman Moore Mortimer O'Breen
O'Brennon
O'Brogan O'Dempsey O'doran O'Dowling O'Duff O'Dunn O'Healy O'Kelly
O'Lawler
O'Mooney O'Moore O'Mulhill O'Reagan O'Vesy.
COUNTY LEITRIM
Arthur Allan Allen Ford Meehan MacClancy MacConsavna MacColreary
MacDorchy MacFergus MacFinnevar MacFlorin MacGeerhy MacGilmartin
MacGlorin MacGroggan MacGourty MacGovern MacGowan Mackenny MacKeon
MacPartain MacRannell MacShanley MacTeigue O'Carroll O'Cuirneen
O'Dolan O'Duigan O'Finn O'Meehan O'Mulvey O'Radaghan O'Rourke
Reynolds Rourke Shanley Tiernan.
COUNTY LIMERICK
Burke Browne Byrd Collins Condon DeLacy Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon
Fitzharris Gunning Harris Harte Kidney Knight Magee MacArthur
MacEneiry MacSheehy Magrath McCole McCoy O'Billry O'Brien O'Casey
O'Cassidy O'Clerkin O'Conlan O'Connell O'Conor O'Cullen O'Delaney
O'Dinnahan O'Donovan O'Flanery O'Grady O'Hallihan O'Hartigan O'Hea
O'Hely O'Honan O'Hurley O'Kinealy O'Kirkwick O'Leahy O'Mackesey
O'Moore O'Morony O'Mulcahy O'Quinn O'Scanlon O'Shae O'Sheehan
Purcell Roche rocke Russell Sarsfield Sheedy Tracy Troy White
Woulfe.
COUNTY LONDONDERRY
MacClosky MacConnell MacCracken MacDonald Macgilligan MacLoughlin
MacNamee MacRory MacTaggart Maginn Mulhall Mulhallan Mullen
O'Brolchan O'Carolan O'Cassidy O'Connelan O'Conor O'Devlin O'Freel
O'Hagarty O'Kane O'Keenan O'Loan O'Mullen O'Mulligan O'Murray
O'Quigley O'Quinn O'Rafferty O'Scullan.
COUNTY LONGFORD
Casey Fleming MacCavan MacConway MacCormac MacGilchrist MacGilligan
MacHugh O'Ferral O'Fox O'Higgin O'Mulfenny O'Quinslean O'Reilly
O'Ronan O'Sheridan O'Slevin Quinn.
COUNTY LOUTH
Bellow Clinton DeGernon DeVerdon Devereaux Hardy MacCabe MacCann
MacGilmichael MacKenny MacMahon O'Branagan O'Carragher O'Carroll
O'Coleman O'Kelly O'Markey O'Marron O'Neny O'Scanlon Peppard
Plunket Taafe Shannon Small.
COUNTY MAYO
Barret Browne Burke Burris Byrd Conn Crean Cusack DeExeter Dillon
Erris Fleming Joyce Kane Killala Lavin Lawless Lynott May Moore
Moran Morris Murrish MacAveely MacCreal MacDavett MacDonnell MacGarry
MacGavan MacGeraghty MacGibbon MacHale MacHenry MacJordan MacLaughlin
MacNally MacNulty MacPhillips Meelick Morris Nangle O'Bannon O'Birn
O'Bligh O'Brady O'Brogan O'Cahaney O'Cllaghan O'Connegan O'Connellan
O'conor O'Cummin O'Dolan O'Donnell O'Dorchy O'Dougherty O'Dowd
O'Duffy O'Dugan O'Finan O'Finnegan O'Flannery O'Flynn O'Gavagan
O'Gearan O'Gormley O'Grady O'Halloran O'Hara O'Higgin O'Kearney O'Keerwin
O'Kerrigan O'Killeen O'Kirwan O'Larissey O'Laval O'Lennon O'Loughnan
O'Malley O'Milford O'Moghan O'Moran O'Mulkerin O'Muleeny O'Mulrenin
O'Mullren O'Mullarhy O'Mulroy O'Murray O'Quinn O'Roddam O'Ronan
O'Rory O'Rothan O'Talharan O'Tierney O'Toole Petit Phillips
Prendergast Staunton.
COUNTY MEATH
Barnwell Beatty Bellow Betagh Bregin Butler Coleman Cruise Cusack
Darcey Dardis DeBathe DeGenville DeLacy DeMortimer Dillon Dowdall
Dowth Drake FitzEustace Fleming Kells Langan Logan Lowther MacEntee
MacCrane Marward Mesett Mooney Nangle Netterville Nugent O'Carolan
O'Connolly O'Dillon O'Dunn O'Duvan O'Fox O'Gagarty O'Halligan O'Hand
O'Hart O'Hea O'Hussey O'Kelly O'Kinsella O'Melaghlin O'Murtagh
O'Regan O'Reilly O'Traynor Plunkett Preston Rogers Rory Taylor.
COUNTY MONAGHAN
Clancy Connelly Deverauy Duffy Gilroy Hughs Lawlor Monaghan MacArdele
Mac Bennett MacCabe MacDonnell MacGilmichael MacGilroy MacKenna
MacMahon MacNeny MacOscar MacQuade O'Boylan O'Cassidy O'Connolly
O'Corgley O'Heany O'Hoey O'Marron Shannon Small.
COUNTY OFFALY
Burr Cogan DeLacy Dunn Fitzgerald Fitzsimon Fox Hennessy Hoolahan
Hussey Mooney MacClelland MacCoglan O'Bannon O'Behan O'Bergin
O'Breslin O'Carroll O'Conor O'Dempsey O'Flanagan O'Harly O'Kearny
O'Madden O'Malloy O'Mooney O'Mulligan O'Mulvaney O'Muready O'Reagan
Warren.
COUNTY ROSCOMMON
Boyle bodie Carolan Conniff Conroy Coughlan Coyle Dillon Fiely
Gillooly Kilronan MacBrennan MacDermott MacDowell MacGovern MacKeogh
MacManus MacOiraghty MacTeigue Mace O'Beirne O'Cahill O'Cashin
O'Concannon O'Connor O'Connellan O'Connenden O'Corr O'Dempsey
O'Donnelan O'Dugan O'Fallon O'Fennaghty O'Finelly O'finegan O'Flanagan
O'Flynn O'Hanley O'Kelly O'Kenny O'Loman O'Lonnergan O'Maginn
O'Malbride O'Malloy O'Manning O'Meaney O'Monahan O'Moran O'Mulloy
O'Mulrenin O'Mulvihill O'Norton Regan.
COUNTY SLIGO
Boyle Burke Cooke Cowell Cummins Kilrehill MacClancey MacConway
MacDermott MacDonough MacGeraghty MacFirbis O'Brogan O'Cavagan
O'coleman O'Conaghty O'Corley O'Corr O'Devlin O'Donnell O'Dowd
O'Durhan O'Feeny O'Flannelly O'Gara O'Gavagan O'Greane O'Hara
O'Harte O'Hawley O'Keevan O'Kernaghan O'Loughman O'Meehan O'Moran
O'Morgan O'Morrison O'Morrissey O'Moynagh O'Mulclohy O'Mullany
O'Mulvany O'Spillane Taaffe Walker Wilson.
COUNTY TIPPERARY
Burke Butler Cahill Carroll DeBurgo Egan Everard Fitzgerald
Grace Greene Greer Haggan Hally Hennessey Hogan Lee Leydon
MacCall MacCarthy MacCormac MacEgan MacEnerny MacGilfoyle
Magrath Mockler Needham O'Breslin O'Brian O'Brien O'Callaghan
O'Corcoran O'Cullen O'Cune O'Dea O'Dermody O'Dinan O'Donnegan
O'Donnell O'Donoghue O'Donohue O'Dwyer O'Fayhey O'Finerty O'Fogarty
O'Furey O'Gleason O'Guire O'Hartigan O'Heffernan O'Hickey O'Honan
O'Hurley O'Kean O'Kearny O'Kech O'Keeley O'Kelleher O'Kennedy
O'Lannigan O'Lenahan O'Lonergan O'Lynch O'Mackey O'Malquiney O'Mara
O'Meagher O'Meehan O'Morrissy O'Mulcahy O'Quinlan O'Quinlevan O'Ryan
O'Scully O'Sexton O'Shanahan O'Shea O'Slattery O'Spillane O'Sullivan
Phelan Sheady Walsh White.
COUNTY TYONE
Hogan Lowry MacBreen MacCaghwell MacCann MacCashley MacClarkey
MacConee MacConnell MacCourt MacCrossen MacGoldrick MacIntyre
MacOwen MacRoy MacShane MacTaggert Maguirk O'Connellan O'Cooney
O'Corran O'Criocan O'Crosan O'Donlevy O'Donnegan O'Donnelly
O'Duvany O'Etigan O'Hagan O'Hamil O'hosey O'Kelly O'Larkin
O'Laverty O'Loan O'Lunney O'Magh O'Mallan O'Neill O'Neney
O'Quinn O'Rafferty O'Tieghe O'Tomalty O'Tye Owen Roe Rowe
Swan Taggert Tyre.
COUNTY WATERFORD
Barron Butler Comerford Duggan Fallon Farrell Fay fitzgerald Keane
Le Poer Magrath MacGraw Morris Mulcahy O'Brien O'conran O'Crotty
O'Dennehy O'Felan O'Flanagan O'comley O'Cotter O'Geary O'Kean
O'Lonergan O'Morrisey O'Mullany Phelan Power Rodger Rodgers Roger
Rogers Sherlock Talbot Shannon Small Wadden Wadding Wall Walsh
Waters white Wyse.
COUNTY WESTMEATH
Carberry Coffey Cox Dease DeLAcy DeLamare De Verdon Dalton Dillon
Fagan Fitzsimon MacAuley MacEvoy MacGeoghegan MacRoark MacRuark
Nugent O'Casey O'Cassidy O'Caffey O'Colgan O'Corrigan O'Curry O'Daley
O'Dooley O'Fay O'Finneran O'Hanrahan O'Hanvey O'Hennessey O'Henrey
O'Higgin O'Kearney O'Malone O'MeLaghlin O'Mulledy O'Reilly O'Scully
O'Shiel Tyrrell Warren.
COUNTY WEXFORD
Browne Brehon Butler Colclough Comerford Cutler DePrendergast DeRenzy
Devereaux Esmond Fitzgerald Fitzharris Fitzhenrey Fitzstephen French
Hay Hoare Kealing Larkin LeMareschal Masterson May Mead Meyler
Morgan MacKeogh MacMurrough O'Cavanagh O'Cosgrove O'Doran O'Doyle
O'dugan O'Garvey O'Larkin O'Murphy Redmond Ross Rossiter Seagrave
Sinnot Stafford Strongbow Sutten Talbot Wadding Walsh.
COUNTY WICKLOW
Archbold Arklow Butler Cooke Cheevers Delgany Doyle Durlavin
Fitzeustace Fitzgerald Fitzwilliam Furlong Hughs Kavanagh Kelly
Lombard MacDonald MacMurrough O'Byrne O'Cullen O'Dowling O'Doyle
O'Doyne O'Farrell O'Gahan O'Hara O'Horan O'Kelly O'Teighe O'Toole
O'Vaca Talbot Tallon Walsh.
NO SPECIFIC COUNTY
Armstrong Bailey Boyton Cavan Clifford Edmonson Guthrie Lovings
Levinge Tivenan Trimble Wilson.
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