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Variant spellings
Some websites where some spellings show up
A work in progress. Got other spellings? Find other sources?
Surname spreadsheet
What the columns refer to
Click on the surname spelling array (matrix; spreadsheet), and see where different spellings show up. Books, bulletin boards, surname websites & clan websites are featured on that webpage.
The columns are defined as:
Column A
One of many possible spellings of the surname. No specific time period — some are ancient, some 19th-century, some current, some in Irish, most in English.
Column B
From the website Ireland.com
Column C
GenForum’s bulletin boards may be able to get you in touch with other researchers searching a surname, a specific family, or a specific individual.
Column D
RootsWeb’s bulletin boards may be able to get you in touch with other researchers searching a surname, a specific family, or a specific individual.
Column E
From the book
Irish Names & Surnames: Collected & Edited with Explanatory & Historical Notes
by Rev. Patrick Woulfe
Column F
From the book
The Families of County Galway Ireland: From the Earliest Times to the 20th Century
by Michael C. O’Laughlin
Column G
From the book
The Surnames of Ireland
by Edward MacLysaght
Column H
Theory: Cenel Eoghain, a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages
Column I
From the website Tuam Family Histories
Province of Connaght, County Galway, Parish of Tuam
Column J
As a sept of Clan MacAuley
Column K
As a sept of Clan Campbell
Column L
Carlisle: A similar sounding surname as CARLOS
Column M
As a sept of Clan MacDonald
Column N
As a sept of Clan MacKenzie
Column O
As a sept of Clan MacLean
Column P
As a sept of Clan MacLeod
Column Q
As a sept of Clan MacNaughton