Labels:text | screenshot | font | document OCR: Che Clans OF IRelAn'D InCROpucCion As you can see, determining the origin of some family names can be complex and difficult (not helped by the destruction of many records during Ireland's troubled history) but a useful exercise is to look at the localities most closely associated with each name on the maps and note what early kingdom existed there, the ruling dynasty and neighbouring families. In this way you can get a sense of the relationships that would have existed and contributed to your own ancestry. « BACK next »