Sources for Research in Irish Genealogy :
Names: Personal

Compiled by Judith P. Reid

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1.	Bell, Robert, 1953-. 
	The book of Ulster surnames / Robert Bell. -- Belfast ; St. Paul,
	Minn. : Blackstaff Press, 1988. -- 285 p.         
							CS2415.B45 1988

	Bibliography: p. 258-259. 

2.	Cairney, C. Thomas, 1958-. 
	Clans and families of Ireland and Scotland : an ethnography of
	the Gael, A.D. 500-1750 / by C. Thomas Cairney. -- Jefferson,
	N.C. : McFarland, c1989. -- xii, 210 p. : ill.    
							DA927.C35 1989 

	Bibliography: p. 197-203. 

3.	Coghlan, Ronan. 
	Book of Irish names : first, family & place names / Ronan
	Coghlan, Ida Grehan & P.W. Joyce. -- New York : Sterling Pub.
	Co., c1989. -- 128 p. : ill.                      
							DA979.C64 1989 

4.	De Breffny, Brian. 
	Irish family names : arms, origins, and locations / Brian de
	Breffny. -- Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 1982. -- 192 p. : ill. 
							CS2415.D43 1982 

	Bibliography: p. 191. 

5.	Durning, William P. 
	The Scotch-Irish / William and Mary Durning ; editor, Margaret
	Harris. -- La Mesa, Calif. : Irish Family Names Society, c1991.
	-- iii, 184 p. : ill., maps.                     
							E184.S4 D87 1991

	Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35). 

6.	The Great families of Ireland. -- Kansas City, Mo. : Irish
	Genealogical Foundation, c1981. -- 16, 382 p. : ill. 
							CS2415.G73 1981 

7.	Grehan, Ida. 
	Pocket guide to Irish family names / Ida Grehan. -- Belfast :
	Appletree Press, c1985. -- 95 p. : ill. -- (An Appletree pocket
	book)                                            
							CS2415.G74 1985 

8.	Kelly, Patrick, 1893-. 
	Irish family names with origins, meanings, clans, arms, crests,
	and mottoes. -- 2nd ed. -- [S.l., s.n.], 1958. -- 136 p. 
							CS2415.K4 1958 
	Reprinted in Detroit by Gale Research in 1976.

9.	McClelland, James. 
	Irish surnames and their possible locations for family history
	research / James McClelland. -- Silverdale, NSW : J. McClelland
	Research ; Penrith, NSW : Distributed by K. Ainsworth, 1984. -- 2
	v. -- (James McClelland's Convict, pioneer, and immigrant series
	of Australia)                               
							CS484.M37 1984 <fol.>

10.	MacLysaght, Edward. 
	Irish families : their names, arms, and origins / Edward
	MacLysaght. -- 4th ed., rev. and enl. -- Dublin : Irish Academic
	Press, 1985. -- 248 p. : ill. (some col.).      
							CS2415.M235 1985 

11.	MacLysaght, Edward. 
	More Irish families / Edward MacLysaght. -- Blackrock, Co. Dublin
	: Irish Academic Press, 1982. -- 254 p. : ill.   
							CS2415.M238 1982
	
	"A new revised and enlarged edition of More Irish Families,
	incorporating Supplement to Irish Families, with an essay on
	Irish chieftainries.". 

12.	MacLysaght, Edward. 
	The surnames of Ireland. -- 6th ed. -- Blackrock, Co. Dublin :
	Irish Academic Press, 1985. -- xxi, 312 p  : ill.  
							CS2415.M24 1985 

	Bibliography: p. xvii-xviii. 

13.	Matheson, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), Sir, 1845-1926. 
	Special report on surnames in Ireland. Together with Varieties
	and synonymes of surnames and Christian names in Ireland. --
	Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968. -- 78, 94 p. 
							CS2415.M32 1968

	Originally published in 1901 and 1909. 

14.	Woulfe, Patrick. 
	Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall : Irish names and surnames. -- Dublin :
	M.H. Gill & son, ltd., 1923. -- xlvi, 696 p. 
							Microfilm 83/5108 (CS) <MicRR>

	Contents: Table of values of Irish letters -- The Irish
	name-system -- Names of men: English-Irish -- Names of women:
	English-Irish -- Surnames: English-Irish -- Names of men:
	Irish-English -- Names of women: Irish-English -- Surnames:
	Irish-English -- Appendix: Clan-names. 
	
	Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1967.