Viking Surnames Across Ireland

[Grace O'Malley]

Please move if not in the correct forum.

I thought this map was interesting. I didn't think there were so many Viking derived surnames in Ireland.

http://www.worldirish.com/story/1748...across-ireland

The Blood of the Vikings only used 2 sites in Ireland to test. The sites were Rush (north of Dublin) and Castlerea in Roscommon and didn't find much Viking dna. Two sites are not enough I don't think. They tested 9 sites in Scotland and I think it was 11 in England.

There is a new study looking at families in Wexford, Limerick and Galway to look for Viking and Norman dna. I was always under the impression that there is not much Germanic dna in Ireland so it will be interesting to see if anything comes from these studies.
http://www.inhp.com/2012/10/16/do-yo...or-norman-dna/

I was wondering is someone could explain this study and does it show actual viking ancestry in this individual?
http://www.irishorigenes.com/content...irish-origenes

[Graham]

The Blood of the Vikings only used 2 sites in Ireland to test. The sites were Rush (north of Dublin) and Castlerea in Roscommon and didn't find much Viking dna. Two sites are not enough I don't think. They tested 9 sites in Scotland and I think it was 11 in England.

There is a new study looking at families in Wexford, Limerick and Galway to look for Viking and Norman dna

They should have tested South of Dublin..down to Wexford & Waterford. Where there's a few Blonde Irish lurking about.

[Anglojew]

A lot of those surnames are probably Anglo-Irish rather than Viking.

[Grace O'Malley]

A lot of these names have been traced back to the time of the Vikings. Names below just to give you an example. Names like McManus and O'Rourke are obviously not English settler names.
http://www.houseofnames.com/broderick-family-crest
http://www.houseofnames.com/mcmanus-family-crest
http://www.houseofnames.com/o-rourke-family-crest

The Broderick name could be from before the Norse invasions so not sure about it but this name is not from English settlement.

Some of the surnames came with the Normans so yes they could be from that time.

[Grace O'Malley]

The name Sigerson is definitely a viking name. The name traces back to the Battle of Clontarf. Actually there are quite a few names there that are of Viking origin like Sugrue. Sugrue is the anglicized form of the Gaelic OSiochfhradha. The prefix "O" signifies "descendant of" and "Siochfhradha" is derived from the Norse personal name Sigefrith. It is thought that the surname originated in County Kerry and seems to have been almost entirely confined at one time to that region of Ireland.

What I find interesting is that Sugrue is from Kerry which is the west of Ireland where there is not supposed to be Vikings.

[Leon_C]

They should have tested South of Dublin..down to Wexford & Waterford. Where there's a few Blonde Irish lurking about.

There are loads of blondes in Dublin, or at least the airport staff are predominantly blonde.

[Grace O'Malley]

There are loads of blondes in Dublin, or at least the airport staff are predominantly blonde.

I'm always baffled on these kind of forums as blond hair is supposed to be so rare in Ireland. I'm Irish and there are quite a few blonds in my family. I don't think blond hair is as rare in Ireland as it is made out to be. I don't know where people get their information from. Ireland has all the range of hair colours.

[Aunt Hilda]

I'm always baffled on these kind of forums as blond hair is supposed to be so rare in Ireland. I'm Irish and there are quite a few blonds in my family. I don't think blond hair is as rare in Ireland as it is made out to be. I don't know where people get their information from. Ireland has all the range of hair colours.

[Grace O'Malley]

That's funny Migla. They are redheads though and I think that is in the Netherlands. They do have redhead gatherings in Ireland also.
http://www.thegatheringireland.com/A...0#.UOmLpOSu2rk

[Aunt Hilda]

That's funny Migla. There are redheads though and I think that is in the Netherlands. They do have redhead gatherings in Ireland also.
http://www.thegatheringireland.com/A...0#.UOmLpOSu2rk

To be honest Scots are much more ginger, then again we are technically the same people, soo....