Plaidwerx: Irish Counties and Surnames

COUNTY GALWAY

Irish Name: Gaillimh
Nickname: The Hooker* County
Motto: Ceart agus Cóir (Righteousness and Justice)
County Town: Galway
Province: Connacht
Region: West

Tartan: The County Galway tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in dark red and forest green, with navy blue and gold 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 Galway Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Burke, Connelly, Connolly, Connor, Egan, Fahey, Flaherty, Forde, Joyce, Keane, Kelly, Kenny, King, Lyons, Mannion, McDonagh, Mullin, Murphy, O'Toole, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Burke, Connolly, Coyne, Flaherty, Glynn, Joyce, Lynch, Madden, Mannion, Martin, McDonough, O'Flaherty, Quinn

* The Galway hooker is a traditional fishing boat, developed for the strong seas in the Galway Bay.

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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 Galway tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) O'Brien's Castle, Inisheer, County Galway, 2016, Jjm596, 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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