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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - Leinster Province

Ormany Quay, Dublin, Ireland by Psyberartist
Ormond Quay, Dublin, © 2012, Psyberartist

LEINSTER PROVINCE

Irish Name: Laighin
Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow
Region: East

Tartan: The district tartan for Leinster province is a traditional plaid pattern in bright green, royal blue, and black, with red 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.)

  • Leinster Province Tartan

Leinster Province Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Bolger, Boyle, Brady, Brennan, Brien, Butler, Byrne, Carey, Carroll, Clarke, Coffey, Connor, Conroy, Cullen, Dalton, Daly, Delaney, Dempsey, Dillon, Donnelly, Donohoe, Dowling, Doyle, Duffy, Dunne, Egan, Farrell, Fitzpatrick, Flynn, Hanratty, Kavanagh, Kehoe, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, Keogh, Kiernan, Lalor, Lawlor, Leavy, Lynch, Maguire, Maher, Mahon, Martin, Mathews, McArdle, McCormick, McCourt, McDonald, McKenna, Molloy, Mooney, Moore, Morgan, Murphy, Murray, Murtagh, Neill, Nolan, Nugent, O'Farrell, O'Hare, O'Neill, O'Reilly, Phelan, Power, Purcell, Quinn, Redmond, Reilly, Rice, Ryan, Shea, Smith, Sullivan, Toole, Walsh, Ward, White, Yore

(Irish Emigrants):

Next page: County Leitrim


References: Irish Surname Maps, Barry Griffin, Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Provinces of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) Leinster province tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.;(Featured) Ormond Quay, Lower, 2012, Psyberartist, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (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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