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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Wicklow

Wicklow Mountains National Park in Glendalough, County Wicklow by Joe King
Wicklow Mountains National Park in Glendalough, County Wicklow, © 2011, Joe King
COUNTY WICKLOW

Irish Name: Cill Mhantáin
Nickname: The Garden County
Motto: Meanma Saor (Free Spirits)
County Town: Wicklow
Province: Leinster
Region: Mid-East

Tartan: The County Wicklow tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in shades of green and blue, with dark brown 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 WicklowTartan

County Wicklow Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brien, Byrne, Doyle, Dunne, Farrell, Kavanagh, Kehoe, Kelly, Lawlor, Murphy, Nolan, Redmond, Toole

(Irish Emigrants):
Barry, Byrne, Doyle, Murphy, O'Byrne, O'Toole, Penrose, Power, Toole

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 Wicklow tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Wicklow Mountains National Park, County Wicklow, Ireland, 2011, Joe King, 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.
Related Resources

Location map of County Wicklow
Location of County Wicklow
Read about County Wicklow at Wikipedia.

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