Bellew / Bellewe / de Belleau / Bheileogaigh. Norman toponymic origins. English Barons in Ireland since 1200 AD in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster, and were also nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. Bellewstown is in Co. Louth and Co. Meath, while Mountbellew is in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht.

Bellingham. English origins. In 1690 AD the Irish Estates of the Gernons who were descended from Roger de Gearnun, a contemporary of Strongbow / Richard de Clare in 1170 AD during the Anglo - Norman Invasion, were then given over to this family also. Their Castle Bellingham is in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

O Benane. Used as a variant for Banane by the Irish / Ui Banain who where a Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in the north of the Connacht Province. See - Bannon.

Bennett. Latin / Benedictus. French origins. They became an Anglo - Irish family, and have been in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster and the surrounding region since the 14th Century AD.

Mac Bennett. They were in the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn 3 Colla kingdom of Orghialla / Oriel in Southern Ulster, and nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. See also - Bunyan.

Benson. English origins. They were in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province, and Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. See also - Benison.

Bentley. English toponymic origins. They were in Ireland in Mediaeval Times before the Oliver Cromwell Invasion, and were later in Co. Limerick and Co. Clare in the north - west of Thomond / Northern Munster in the 17th Century AD.

Beresford. English toponymic origins. They came into Ireland during the Confiscation of the 3,000,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill territories in the Ulster Province in the early 17th Century AD, and the Foreign non - Catholic  Plantations there, and were also prominent later on in Co. Waterford in the south - east of Ormond / Eastern Munster.

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O Bergin - Irish / Ua hAimheirgin - aimhirgin (wonderous birth). Later Ua Beirgin was used. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster, where they were Chiefs of Geashill, and were also nearby in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster. See also - Berrigan.

O Bergin. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Thomond / Tuaiscert Mhumhain / Northern Munster, and were the Chiefs of Hy - Ui Rossa.

Mac Berkery - Irish / Mheic Bearthagra - bear / sharp / tagradh - pleading. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Ormond / Aur Mhumhain / North Eastern Munster, and nearby in the east of Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Thomond / Tuaiscert Mhumhain / Northern Munster. There are many variants.

De Bermingham. Anglo Norman origins. Some of the branches became "More Irish then the Irish," and Gaelicized their name also as Mheic Fheorais / Peoruis (Descended from a son of Piers) / Pearse  / Percy / Peorge / Peirs / Pearson / Pierson / Peterson and later still were known also as *Corish. which see. They were in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht and Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, with a branch nearby in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster where they were there mainly known as *Corish.

Bernard. English name used in the west of Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster as a synonym for Barnane, which see. See also - Barnard.

O Berrane. A Sept / Family branch,- who had their territory in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province. See also - Birrane and Barron.

O Berreen - Irish / Ua Birin - birin / small spike. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.