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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - Munster Province

Pope's Quay, Cork, Ireland by Psyberartist
Pope's Quay, Cork, © 2012, Psyberartist

MUNSTER PROVINCE

Irish Name: An Mhumhain
Counties: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
Region: South-West

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

  • Munster Province Tartan

Munster Province Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Ahern, Barry, Brosnan, Buckley, Butler, Clancy, Clifford, Collins, Connell, Connor, Cronin, Daly, Dwyer, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Foley, Gleeson, Griffin, Harrington, Hayes, Hogan, Keane, Kelly, Kennedy, Leary, Lonergan, Lynch, MacCarthy, MacInerney, MacMahon, MacNamara, Maher, Mahoney, McCarthy, McGrath, Moloney, Moriarty, Morrissey, Murphy, O'Brien, O'Callaghan, O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Cronin, O'Crowley, O'Donnell, O'Donovan, O'Driscoll, O'Hurley, O'Keeffe, O'Kelleher, O'Leary, O'Neill, O'Sullivan, Phelan, Power, Regan, Ryan, Shea, Sheehan, Sullivan, Tobin, Walsh, Whelan

(Irish Emigrants):
Barry, Buckley, Butler, Boland, Casey, Collins, Conway, Crowley, Davey, Donovan, Dwyer, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Fogarty, Foley, Gleeson, Gorman, Griffin, Hannon, Hayes, Hickey, Hogan, Keane, Kelly, Lynch, Madigan, Maher, Mahoney, Maloney, McCarthy, McGrath, McMahon, McNamara, Moore, Moriarty, Murphy, Naughton, O'Brien, O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Dea, O'Donnell, O'Leary, O'Shaughnessy, O'Sullivan, Power, Quinn, Ryan, Shanahan, Shea, Stack, Sullivan, Walsh, Whalen

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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) Munster province tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Pope's Quay, Cork, Ireland, 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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