O'Riordan

O’Riordan is a surname of Irish origin. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Riordans were one of the chiefly families of the Éile tribe who in turn came from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to settle in Ireland during the first century BC.[1]

Famous people with this surname include:

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London: McFarland & Company. pp. 78–82. ISBN 0899503624.