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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Dublin

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland by David Iliff
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, © 2015, David Iliff
COUNTY DUBLIN

Irish Name: Baile Átha Cliath
Motto: Beart do réir ár mbriathar (Action to match our speech)
County Town: Dublin
Province: Leinster
Region: Dublin

Tartan: The County Dublin tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in teal green and brown with navy blue and bright fuchsia 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 Dublin Tartan

County Dublin Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brady, Byrne, Carroll, Connor, Cullen, Dunne, Farrell, Kavanagh, Kelly, Kennedy, Keogh, Moore, Murray, Nolan, O'Brien, O'Neill, Reilly, Ryan, Smith, Walsh, Whelan

(Irish Emigrants):
Buckley, Burke, Byrne, Doyle, Mooney, Moore, Nolan, O'Neill, Redmond, Ryan, Smith, Walsh, White

Next page: County Fermanagh

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 Dublin tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, 2015, David Iliff, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0, (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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