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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Cork

Blarney Castle by Gerd Eichmann
Blarney Castle, County Cork, © 2017, Gerd Eichmann
COUNTY CORK

Irish Name: Chorcaí
Nickname: The Rebel County
County Town: Cork
Province: Munster
Region: South-West

Tartan: The County Cork tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in green, maroon, and navy blue, with bright yellow accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Cork Tartan

County Cork Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Barry, Buckley, Collins, Connell, Fitzgerald, Harrington, MacCarthy, Mahoney, Murphy, O'Brien, O'Callaghan, O'Cronin, O'Crowley, O'Donovan, O'Driscoll, O'Hurley, O'Keeffe, O'Kelleher, O'Leary, O'Neill, O'Sullivan, Regan, Sheehan, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Barry, Buckley, Casey, Collins, Donovan, Kelly, Mahoney, McCarthy, Murphy, O'Leary, Sullivan, Walsh

Next page: County Donegal

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 Cork tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Blarney Castle, 2017, Gerd Eichmann, 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.
Related Resources

Location map of County Cork
Location of County Cork
Read about County Cork at Wikipedia.

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