13rowne — The Ethnography qf Clare Island and Tnishturk. 59 

 Surnames of Clare Island. 



Surname. 



Number 



of 

 Families. 



Surname. 



Number 



of 

 Families. 



Barrett, 







3 



Lavelle,! 



1 



Burke, 







1 



M alley, 



32 



Burns, 







5 



Mac Naniara, 



2 



Byrne, 







1 



M'Donagh, 



1 



Cannon,! . 







2 



M'Hale, . . 



1 



Fergus, 







1 



Moran, 



6 



Flanagan, . 







1 



Murray, 



4 



Flynn, 







3 



Buddy, 



3 



Gallagher, 2 . 







2 



Salmon, 



2 



Gibbons, 







1 



Scuffle,! _ 



2 



Gordon, 







1 



Toole, 



5 



Grady, 







8 



Winters, 



4 



Hestor, 







1 







The surnames on Inishturk are Toole (the most common), Malley, 

 and Palierty. 



As will be observed Malley is still the most common surname in 

 Clare Island. In 1821 there were sixty-seven families of that name 

 thereon. 



The great majority of the names are those of families or clans 

 anciently belonging to the territory of Hy Fiachrach in which these 

 islands were included. 



Barrett and Burke are, of course, "Welsh or Anglo-l^orman, and 

 date from the thirteenth century. 



Two names, Salmon and AVinters, appear to be English ; but the 

 latter may probably be the Anglicised form of some Irish name which 

 I have not been able to trace. 



! The names marked thus, are common in Inishbofin, and probably came from 

 there. Scuffle certainly did so. 



2 Gallagher is one of the Ulster names which came into this part of Connaught 

 in the 17th century. 



