Abberton - Adrian

Abberton. English toponymic origins in the south - east of Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, where they where known as one of the Oultagh families who migrated from the Ulster Province early in the 18th Century AD after the confiscation of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn  "northern" Ui Niaill territories there of  3,500,000 acres, and the non - Catholic plantations then carried out there.  

Abbot / Aboid / Abbat and Abbett were also used as variants English origins in Ireland since the 14th Century AD, and are now mostly found in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster.

Abernethy. Scottish origins from the mouth of the River Nethy in Perthshire and Inverness, as a branch of the Clan Leslie and have been in the north of the Ulster Province since the early 17th Century AD after the Confiscation of the 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill territories there, and of the non - Catholic plantations there, and are now also to be found in the east of  Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster. 

Mac Abraham / Abrehan Judge - Irish / Mheic an Bhreitheamhan (Descended from a Son of the Judge.) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster and were originally anglicized as Mac Abrehan etc, with Mac Abraham and Fitz Abraham used in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in the 13th Century AD while Mac Brohoon, which see, was also used as a synonym. 

Acheson / Atkinson. Scottish origins. In Ireland in the early 15th Century AD, and became the English Earls of Gosford in the 17th Century AD, and were in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster and Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province.

Achmooty. See Aughmuty. 

Acton (Place at the oak) English toponymic origins in Ireland from the early 15th Century AD, with some also arriving later on into Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster in the mid - 17th Century AD.  

Adair / Edgar. Scottish origins in the Ulster Province.

O Adair - Irish / Ua Daire. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

Mac Adam. Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Breasail Airthir / Orior / Airthir Siol Fiachra Cassan Clann Fermaighe Erenagh Sept / Family branch, who were especially important as they held the right to oversee the church property and or the position of Abbot or Founder there from generation to generation. See especially Mac Cadden.

Mac Adam. Gaelicized as Mac Adaim and utilised by a branch of the Anglo - Norman Barrys, which see, in Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster.

Mac Adam. At Ballymacadam in the Barony of Clanmorris in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province.

Mac Adam. In Co. Kerry in south - west of Desmond / Munster Province, and in the south of Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Ormond / North Eastern Munster.

Mac Adam. Highland Scottish origins in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province and in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster.

Mac Adam. Used for Mac Caw, which see, in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster. 

Mac Adam. In Co. Offaly in the north -  west of Southern Leinster.

Adams (Descended from a Son of Adam) English origins and used as a synonym for Aidy and Eadie, which see, in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province.

Mac Adan. Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Breasail Airthir / Orior / Airthir Siol Fiachra Cassan Clann Fermaighe Erenagh Sept / Family branch, who were important as they held the right to oversee the church property and or the position of Abbot or Founder there from generation to generation. See especially Mac Cadden.

Mac Adarra. Used as a variant for Mac Darragh, which see, in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

Addis. (Descended from a Son of Addie or Adam / Adducc / Adag. English origins and were in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster in the early 17th Century AD, and later in Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster and were also in the north - east of the Ulster Province where Addy was also used.

Addy. English origins who came from the west of Yorkshire. See also Aidy and Addis.

Addy or Aidy. See Adams and Addis.

Adie. Scottish origins a Sept of the Clan Gordon.

Mac Adie. Highland Scottish origins who were a Sept of the Clan Ferguson.

Adley. See also Audley.

Adlum (noble helmet) Germanic origins. See also Adlam and Odlum.

Mac Adoo. See also Cunniff.

Mac Adorey - Irish / Mheic an Deoraidh (Descended from a son of a Stranger.) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province.

Adorian. Used as a variant for Doran, which see, in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province and also known as Dorian in Co. Donegal in the north - west of Ulster.

Adrain (From near the drain) French origins.

O Adrain - Irish / Ua Dreain - drenn / rough and firm - who were an Erenagh Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province who later under the expanding pressure from the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Dermots there migrated into the Ulster Province.

Adrian / Adrianus. Latin (of the Adriatic.) Used as a variant for Adrain, which see. Not connected to Adorian.

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