According to genealogist Edward MacLysaght the surname Lundy is from Norman de la Lounde, a name recorded in medieval documents in counties Tipperary and Kilkenny in Ireland.

Historically, a woman in England would assume her new husband's family name ( or surname ) after marriage, and this remains common practice in the United Kingdom today as well as in common law countries and countries where English is spoken, including Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Ireland, India, Philippines, the English-speaking provinces of Canada, and the United States.

* An English spelling of an Irish surname prevalent in Northern County Donegal, Ireland

The town's name is actually derived from an English surname, Mountjoy and was brought to the colonies, along with the name Donegal ( name of the school district in Mount Joy ) by settlers from Ireland.

* Bellingham baronets, three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bellingham, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain

Colbert is a surname and rare given name of Old French and Old German origins ; it was introduced to Britain and Ireland by the Normans.

The surname Manning is on the record in Ireland from the seventeenth century and is most numerous today in the counties Cork and Dublin.

Some of these were Irish families who had chosen to conform to the established Church of Ireland in order to keep their lands and privileges, such as the Dukes of Leinster ( whose surname is FitzGerald, and who descend from the Old English aristocracy ), or the Gaelic Guinness family.

Some were families of British or mixed-British ancestry who owed their status in Ireland to the British monarch, such as the Earls of Cork ( whose surname is Boyle and whose ancestral roots were in Herefordshire, England ).

The first organised police forces in Ireland came about through the Peace Preservation Act in 1814 for which Sir Robert Peel ( 1788 – 1850 ) was largely responsible ( the colloquial name " Peeler " derives from his surname ), and the Irish Constabulary Act in 1822 formed the provincial constabularies.

It is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration of the surname found in County Cavan followed by Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Fermanagh and Monaghan, and the Province of Leinster.

Chief among the early Anglo-Norman settlers was Theobald Walter ( surname Butler ) appointed hereditary chief Butler of Ireland in 1177 by King Henry II and founder of one of the oldest remaining British dignities.

" Strathearn " or " Strathern " is also a surname in the United States and Northern Ireland, predominantly in the Bellaghy area of County Londonderry.

An example of this is the nonsense word " Bumruff " which originally returned a single result ( the surname of a woman living in Ireland in 1911 ), but once a person on Xbox Live chose the name as a Gamertag, the word's status as a Googlewhackblatt was destroyed.

* Thomas Louth, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in the 1330s, was born in the town and took his surname from it.

In Ireland, the surname Gordon is of several different origins.

One origin of the surname is from the Scottish surname, which spread into Ireland in the 17th century during the plantation era ; in the Irish language this name is spelt de Górdún.

He assumed the surname of Rowley in lieu of Taylor and was created Baron Langford in the Peerage of Ireland in 1800.

He assumed by Royal license the surname of Petty on succeeding to his maternal uncle's estates in 1751 and the same year he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Dunkeron and Viscount FitzMaurice.

Clarke is a common Irish surname, being popular in Ireland and the UK.

In Ireland, the surname Aiken is considered to be of Scottish and English origin, and is most common in the province of Ulster.

In Ireland, the surname Aiken has also been used as an Anglicised form of an Irish language surname.

Martyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland.

Bernie Cochrane enters that The Battle of the Bands first came to major public attention in the United Kingdom when it was launched in 1980, being staged as a nationally held competition with heats held throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Northern and Southern Ireland and where in many cases, the competition was supported and held in conjunction with local radio, television and press.

C & C Group plc ( known prior to its flotation as Cantrell & Cochrane Limited ),,,, is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of drinks in Ireland and the UK, particularly of cider.

In Northern Ireland, the surname Cochrane is concentrated in the counties of Antrim, Londonderry, Down and Tyrone.

Cochrane was born in Ballymena and grew up in rural Antrim, in Northern Ireland.

In 1869 it was granted a Royal Charter, and the right to elect Fellows, and in 1890 it moved to Dublin, changing its name to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland as it took on what it saw as a national role, becoming in 1891, according to its Honorary Secretary Robert Cochrane: ' not only the largest Antiquarian Society in Great Britain and Ireland, but also the largest in the world '.

The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

The charge is variable, however, and goes as low as $.50 a day in Ireland and as high as $2.00 a day in Greece.

The Ireland we usually hear about in the theater is a place of bitter political or domestic unrest, lightened occasionally with flashes of native wit and charm.

Now there is no reason in the world why a matchmaker in Ireland should happen also to be a talented soft-shoe dancer and gifted improviser of movements of the limbs, torso and neck, except that these talents add immensely to the enjoyment of the play.

In England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Australia, arraignment is the first of eleven stages in a criminal trial, and involves the clerk of the court reading out the indictment.

Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, " A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragoust.

The oldest-surviving Anglican church outside of the British Isles ( Britain and Ireland ) is St Peter's Church in St. George's, Bermuda, established in 1612 ( though the actual building had to be rebuilt several times over the following century ).

Achill Island () in County Mayo is the largest island off the coast of Ireland, and is situated off the west coast.

* 1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Abalone is also farmed in Australia, Hawaii, Canada, Chile, France, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, and the United States.

* 1916 – Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

under secction 7 ( 1 )( a ), but that section has been superseded by section 66 ( 1 ) of the Police ( Northern Ireland ) Act 1998 ( c. 32 ) which now provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

An example in Ireland is the Rock of Cashel.

It was introduced to Europe at the close of the 17th century as a handsome greenhouse plant, and is hardy outdoors in the south of England and Ireland if protected from severe frosts.

* 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In total Carnegie funded some 3, 000 libraries, located in 47 US states, and also in Canada, the United Kingdom, what is now the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Fiji.

* However, a larger 35ml measure is increasingly used ( and in particular is standard in Northern Ireland ), which contains 1. 4 units of alcohol.

However, the presence of a vigorous population of Celtic lineage, principally of Irish origin, has supported the creation of other celebrations of beer, often for marketing purposes, such as Saint Patrick's Day ( Día de San Patricio ), patron of Ireland, which is celebrated with abundant libations.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

Consensus once held that today's baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland.