Thirty years ago, I was so in love with this Irish gal it still hurts!
And I was married in-between!
Long brown hair, ice blue eyes, cheekbones to die for..
Last name was Taylor.
Me?
I’m mostly Dutch, part mutt....
Top 100:
http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Top-100-Irish-last-names-explained-103125099.html
And my name isn’t even there. We must be special, Salvation. :)
The Irish Smiths were supposedly McGowans that were forced to change their names.
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Fogerty Castle, not mine but my ancesters.http://www.flickr.com/photos/timfoggo/2898438171/sizes/l/in/set-72157607571862866/
O'Leni
One of the more interesting names (not on the list) is Costello, IMO. I would have thought it was Italian, but it is Irish.
8. O'Connor – patrons of warriorsYep, them's my relatives, ROYALTY! So bow down all ye peasants, or be prepared for a fight! Oh..wait..we aren't supposed to be warriors any more (yeah...but don't bet on it. /s). So unlike Obama the pretender King, I have DNA of real Kings runnin' in my blood. Take 'that' Barry!
They might not be warriors themselves, but at least O’Connors descend from them!...O'Connors who gave us the last two High-Kings of Ireland: Turlough O'Connor (1088-1156) and Roderick O'Connor (1116-1198).
And like the article says, I DO have the O'Connor Crest hanging on the wall, and I'm even a member of the Official O'Connor Clan, have a membership number and everything :-)
Any Irishmen can google 'Irish Clan' for the website and find the clan for their family and download a copy of the family crest for printing and framing. It's pretty fricken neat, as a kid I remember my grandparents having it up on the wall but over the years it got misplaced.
I was over-fricken-joyed when I found the website this summer and was able to read the history of the family going back to the middle-ages, and then finding 'King'.