Ó hAodha is a
Gaelic-
Irish surname
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, that has commonly been Anglicised to
Hayes or
Hughes.
Overview
Now generally
anglicised
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as O'Hea (in
County Cork
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),
Hughes or
Hayes, Ó hAodha derives from Aodh, a personal name (meaning "fire") popular at all historical times throughout the Gaelic world.
It is the surname of at least ten unrelated families found in
Gaelic Ireland
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, such as
* Ó hAodha of Muscraighe-Luachra/the
Múscraige of
Sliabh Luachra, now
County Cork
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;
* Ó hAodha of
TÃr Chonaill (centered at Ballyshannon,
County Donegal
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);
* Ó hAodha of
TÃr Eoghain
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(around Ardstraw,
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh.
Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...
;
* Ó hAodha of
Ulaid
(Old Irish, ) or (Irish language, Modern Irish, ) was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic Provinces of Ireland, over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include , which ...
(around what is now Tynan,
County Armagh
County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...
;
* Ó hAodha of
AirgÃalla (centred on what is now Farney,
County Monaghan
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;
* Ó hAodha of
Dál Fiatach
Dál Fiatach was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic dynastic-grouping and the name of their territory in the north-east of Ireland, which lasted throughout the Middle Ages until their demise in the 13th century at the hands of Normans in Ireland, Normans ...
in
Ulaid
(Old Irish, ) or (Irish language, Modern Irish, ) was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic Provinces of Ireland, over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include , which ...
(now south
County Down
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;
* Ó hAodha of
Muintir Murchada in what is now
County Galway
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.
Bearers of the name
*
Flann Ua Aedha, Abbot of Aran, died 1110.
*
Séamas Ó hAodha, member of the Gaelic League, fl. 1914 - 1922.
External links
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
* http://www.failteromhat.com/pedigree.php
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Surnames
Irish families
Surnames of Irish origin
Irish-language surnames
Families of Irish ancestry