Eagar / Edgar. They have been in Co. Kerry in the south - west of Desmond / Southern Munster since the Mid - 17th Century AD.

Eagar / Edgar. They were in the north of Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster and nearby in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province.

Eagar. English origins. Used as a synonym for Agar, which see.  They were in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster.

Eames / eme / uncle. English origins. They were in Ireland in the Mid - 17th Century AD and in most of the Provinces.

Earls. English origins. They have been in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht since the 13th Century AD.

O Early - Irish / Ua Maomhoicheirge - mocheirge / early rising. Ua Mochoirghe now used. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin  Breifne Ecclesiastical Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in the Connacht Province. Their surname was also occasionally used as a synonym for O Loughran, which see. They originally anglicized as O Mohery and O Mulmoher, which see, in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster and nearby in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht / West Breifne. Also see O Loughry. Ancestors - *87.Brion the original 1st King of Connacht (Ui Briuin), *86.Eochy "Mugmedon" the 124th King of Tara / Ireland.

O Early. A Heremonian U Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muiredaigh Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province. Ancestors - *87.Brion the original 1st King of Connacht (Ui Briuin), *86.Eochy "Mugmedon" the 124th King of Tara / Ireland.

Mac Eason - Irish / Mheic Aoidh -

Eastwood. English locative origins. They were in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster and nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster in the 17th Century AD and are now found mainly in the Ulster Province.

Eaton. English toponymic origins. They were in Ireland in the late 16th Century AD and are now mainly found in both Leinster Province and Ulster Province.

Ebrill. May be a variant used for Abrill - French origins. They have been in Co. Limerick and Co. Tipperary in Northern Munster since the Mid - 17th Century AD with some also in the Ulster Province after the Confiscation of the 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill territories there by the English under James 1st the French Stuart English King and the ongoing Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there.

Echlin. Scottish toponymic origins. They came from West Lothian and were in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province in the early 17th Century AD. Many members of the family were connected with Dublin University.

Edder. Gaelicized as Mheic an Ridire - ridire / knight. They were a branch of the Fitz Simons, which see, who were in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province.

Edgeworth. English toponymic origins. They were at Mostrim in Co. Longford in the north - east of Northern Leinster since 1583 AD. (Edgeworthstown was originally Meathus Truim.) Maria Edgeworth (1767 - 1849) wrote "Castle Rackrent" outlying the irresponsibility of the "Landed Gentry" carried out on their tenants.

Mac Egan or Keegan - Irish / Mheic Aodhagain - aodh / fire (Descended from a son of Aodh / Egan) An important Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Maine Sept / Family branch who were Brehon Lawyers, who had their territory in the south of Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province and the east of Co. Galway in Southern Connacht. They were later in the Heberian Dal gCais O Kennedy kingdom of Ormond / Aur Mhumhain in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province and besides being lawyers were also judges, historians and chroniclers. They were also nearby in Co. Kerry in the south - west of Desmond / Southern Munster. Their castle ruins are on the way out of Ballinlough and Loch O Flynn from where the River Suck begins in Co. Roscommon. Ancestors - *86.Maine "Mor"(Ui Maine), *85.Murray / Muiredach "Tireach" the 122nd King of Tara / Ireland, *80.Conn of the Hundred Battles the 110th King of Tara / Ireland (Dal Cuinn).

Mac Einri - Irish / Mheic Henry. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept / Family branch descended from Henry O Cahan / O Kane, a son of Dermot O Cahan who died in 1428 AD. They had their territory in the north of Co. Antrim and nearby in Co. Derry in the north - east of the Ulster Province. See also O Cahan. Ancestors - *Henry O Cahan, *Dermot O Cahan, *88.Eogan the 1st King of Aileach (Cenel nEogain), *87.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland (Ui Niall).

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