These 17 Irish Surnames Came Over in the Famine — Is Yours One of Them?

Between 1845 and 1852, the Great Famine drove more than a million Irish men and women across the Atlantic, and they carried some of the oldest surnames in Europe with them. In this video, we trace 17 of the most common Irish surnames back to their Gaelic roots: the exact meanings, the ancient clans, the counties they came from, and how the O and Mac prefixes were lost under British rule and later reclaimed. If your family name is Irish, its story may begin on a famine ship. Watch to see if yours made the list. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_F...) https://www.britannica.com/event/Grea... https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.c... https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/un... https://www.ighm.org/learn.html https://www.historyhit.com/facts-abou...