Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - Connacht

Former spelling: Connaught
Irish Name: Connachta
Counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo
Region: West

Tartan: The district tartan for Connacht province is a traditional plaid pattern in fuchsia and bright green, with sky blue and purple accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

Connacht Province Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Beirne, Brennan, Burke, Conneely, Connolly, Connor, Conway, Doherty, Dolan, Duffy, Durkan, Egan, Fahey, Feeney, Flaherty, Flanagan, Flynn, Forde, Gallagher, Gibbons, Gilmartin, Harte, Henry, Higgins, Joyce, Keane, Keany, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, King, Leonard, Lyons, MacDermott, MacGovern, MacGowan, MacHale, MacMorrow, MacSharry, Maguire, Mannion, McDermott, McDonagh, McHugh, McLoughlin, McTernan, Moran, Mullin, Mulvey, Murphy, Murray, O'Hara, O'Toole, Quinn, Regan, Reilly, Reynolds, Rooney, Scanlon, Sheridan, Stenson, Sweeney, Towey, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Armstrong, Barrett, Brennan, Burke, Casey, Clarke, Connaughton, Connolly, Cox, Coyne, Cunningham, Darcy, Dillon, Doherty, Duffy, Dunne, Durkin, Fallon, Finnegan, Flaherty, Gallagher, Gibbons, Gilmartin, Gilmore, Glynn, Gormley, Higgins, Hunt, Joyce, Jordan, Kelly, Lang, Lavelle, Lynch, Madden, Mannion, Martin, McDermott, McDonough, McGowan, McHale, McHarry, McManus, Meehan, Moran, Morley, Mulligan, O'Flaherty, O'Malley, O'Rourke, Quinn, Reilly, Reynolds, Scanlon, Sweeney, Walsh

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