A ground-breaking and innovative online project is under way to reconnect all of the descendants of Ireland. Based on the concept of the Irish Clan name, the Great Irish Online Clan Gathering is ...

Have you ever wondered where your second name came from, or who your family is descended from in history? Many Irish second names are derived from kings, soldiers, and dynasties, so we've compiled a ...

A very popular Irish surname with multiple spelling variations, Connollys were first found in County Monaghan and have a history there that pre-dates Norman invasion. This clan, O’Conghailes, was one ...

In a Gael Linn booklet first published in 1998 and entitled Aspects of Our Shared History, the late lamented Aodán Mac Póilin asked the question: Can a surname tell you where your ancestors came from?

It's a peculiarity of Ireland, or at least it used to be, that not only do most families here have two surnames, quite a few of them have three. There is the Irish original, of course, and there is ...