Plaidwerx: Irish Counties and Surnames

COUNTY WATERFORD

Irish Name: Port Láirge
Nickname: The Crystal County
Motto: Déisi oc Declán co Bráth (May the Déise remain with Declan forever*)
County Town: Waterford
Province: Munster
Region: South-East

Tartan: The County Waterford tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in forest green, turquoise, and brown, with blue, 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.)

County Waterford Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Butler, Flynn, Foley, Kelly, MacGrath, McCarthy, Morrissey, Murphy, O'Brien, Phelan, Power, Ryan, Tobin, Sullivan, Walsh, Whelan

(Irish Emigrants):
Conway, Crowley, Davey, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Foley, Keane, McCarthy, Moore, Murphy, Power, O'Brien, Walsh, Whalen

* The Déisi were a class of people in ancient and medieval Ireland. The term is Old Irish, and it designated groups who were vassals or rent-payers to a landowner. Declán of Ardmore, also called Déclán, was an early Irish saint.

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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 Waterford tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Ardmore Peninsula, County Waterford, Ireland, 2012, Mik Herman, 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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