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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Carlow

Ballyloughan Castle, County Carlow by Ed Hannon
Ballyloughan Castle, County Carlow, © 2013, Ed Hannon
COUNTY CARLOW

Irish Name: Ceatharlach
Nickname: The Dolmen County
County Town: Carlow
Province: Leinster
Region: South-East

Tartan: The County Carlow tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in black, turquoise, and purple. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Carlow Tartan

County Carlow Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brennan, Byrne, Doyle, Kavanagh, Kelly, McDonald, Murphy, Neill, Nolan, Ryan, Whelan

(Irish Emigrants):
Brahan, Doyle, Flood, Griffin, Maher, Nolan, Ryan, Walsh, Ward

Next page: County Cavan

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Carlow tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Ballyloughan Castle, County Carlow, 2013, Ed Hannon, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (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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