Galway

Names prominent in this county include: Bermingham, Birmingham, Blake, Bodkin, Brehan, Brothers, Brown,  Browne, Burk, Burke, Cahill, Callanan, Canavan, Carey, Cawley, Cleary, Coffey, Colley, Concannon, Conneely, Connely, Connolly, Connor, Conor, Conry, Conry, Coogan, Cook, Cook, Curley, Curran, Dally, Daly, Darcy, Davy, Day, Deane, Dermott, Devaney, Divilly, Donell, Donnel, Donnell, Donnellan, Donnellan, Doorly, Downey, Doyle, Dreenan, Duane, Dugan, Egan, Faherty, Fahey, Fahy, Feeney, Flaherty, Foran, Ford, Forde, French, Gilduff, Gilkelly, Gormican, Halloran, Hannon, Haverty, Henry, Heyne, Hugh, Hynes, Hynes, Jennings, Joyce, Kelly, Kenny, Kilduff, Kilkelly, Kirwan, Kowge, Larkin, Lee, Lennon, Lynch, Lyne, Lyons, MacConneely, MacConnely, MacConry, MacCook, MacDavy, MacDermott, MacDonell, MacDonnell, MacEgan, MacHenry, MacHugh, MacKilduff, MacKilkelly, MacKowge, MacNevin, MacRedmond, MacWard, Madded, Madden, Mahon, Manning, Mannion, Martin, McConneely, McConnely, McConry, McCook, McDavy, McDermott, McDonell, McDonnell, McEgan, McHenry, McHugh, McKilduff, McKilkelly, McKowge, McNevin, McNevin, McRedmond, McWard, Meehan, Mehan, Mohan, Moran, Mulkerin, Mullally, Mullan, Mullarky, Mulrooney, Naughton, Nevin, O'Callanan, O'Canavan, O'Conealy, O'Day, O'Donnellan, O'Flaherty, O'Halloran, O'Kean, O'Kelly, O'Moran, O'Shaughenessy, O'Sheehan, O'Toole, O'Cahill, O'Callanan, O'Coffey, O'Concannon, O'Connor, O'Conor, O'Coogan, O'Cunnegan, O'Curran, O'Dally, O'Daly, O'Devaney, O'Divilly, O'Donnell, O'Donnellan, O'Doorly, O'Downey, O'Drennan, O'Dugan, O'Faherty, O'Fahy, O'Feeney, O'Flaherty, O'Gormican, O'Halloran, O'Haverty, O'Heyne, O'Kelly, O'Kenny, O'Kirwan, O'Larkin, O'Lee, O'Lyne, O'Madden, O'Mannion, O'Meehan, O'Mohan, O'Moran, O'Mullally, O'Mullan, O'Mulrooney, O'Naughton, O'Ruane, O'Scanlan, O'Shaughnessy, O'Tracey, O'Tracy, O'Tuohy, Page, Redmond, Ruane, Ruane, Scanlan, Scully, Shaughnessy, Skerrell, Tormey, Tracey, Tracy, Tuohy, Ward

Once part of the historical Kingdom of Connaught --or Connacht for Gaelic speakers-- Galway lies in the west of Ireland facing the Atlantic ocean. But the ocean is less of a barrier than a bridge for the people of Galway. (The Aran Islands dot the mouth of Galway Bay.) Inhabited for well over three thousand years, coastal Galway is layered with history. Home to some of Ireland’s best preserved Bronze Age forts, Galway is also home to a series of mysterious stone monuments rumored to be the grave sites of some of Ireland’s legendary early heroes. But today it is Ireland’s living history that is most fascinating; Galway is part of the gaeltacht and despite Galway’s stormy history a significant part of the population still speaks Gaelic as a native language. - notes by Sarah Nagle

One of a series of Irish District tartans designed (and copyrighted) by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar in 1995. This is not an 'officially sanctioned' District tartan but has proven popular.