Waddell - Waters 

Waddell /

Wadding / Uaidin. Anglo Norman origins. They were in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster and one of their branches who were in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province produced many ecclesiastics including Luke Wadding. Wadden was used as a variant.

Wafer or Weafer or Waffer - waferer (maker of Eucharistic wafers not a weaver) English origins. They have been in Ireland since the 13th Century AD. In the 16^th Century AD they were in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster.

Wagh. See - Waugh.

Wake -

Wakefeild -

Wakley  or Wakely -

Walcot -

Waldron / Waleron. English origins -

Waldron. Gaelicized as Mheic Bhaildrin and used by a branch of the Costellos, which see,  in the Connacht Province.

Waldron. Gaelicized as Mheic Bhalronta and used by the Wellesleys, which see, to Hibernicize their name. de Bhaldraithe now used.

Wale -

Waliker -

Walker / fuller. English origins. Recent arrivals they were in the north - east of the Ulster Province and in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster.

Wall or Wale / de Valle. Gaelicized as de Bhal. Anglo Norman origins. John de Valle was a Knight at Castleinch / Inchiologan in 1247 AD. Early on they were between Co. Limerick and Co. Waterford in Northern Munster and nearby in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory and  Co. Carlow in Southern Leinster. One of their branches also settled in the Connacht Province who were known there as Faltagh, which see, and were treated as an Irish Sept with a recognized Chief / An Faltach was also used by the head of the branch in Co. Limerick. They became "More Irish then the Irish."

Wallace. Used as a synonym for Walsh, which see

Wallace / le Waleis (the Welshman). A Clan who came from Strathclyde who were originally Britons in Scotland.

Waller. English origins. They were in Co. Limerick and Co. Tipperary in Northern Munster. Sir Hardress Waller was in Co. Limerick in the 17^th Century AD.

Wallingford -

Wallis or Wallys or Walldys -. Used as a variant for Wallace, which see.

Walsh or Walshe / Breathneach (Stranger from Wales) Brython Welsh origins. In 1169 AD Walynus arrived into Tirawley in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province who was a brother to Barrett the ancestor of the Barretts, which see, in the same area. In 1172 AD Haylen Brenach also arrived into  Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster. As Walsh they were recorded in the 13th Century in Ossory in Southern Leinster. Many unconnected families were also then in Co. Wicklow, Co. Kilkenny and Co. Westmeath in Southern Leinster and in Co. Cork, Co. Kerry, Co. Tipperary & Co Waterford in the Munster Province. Also anglicized as Brannagh and Brannick, which see. Welsh was also used as a name in Munster and Connacht.  

Walshingham -

Ware. English origins. They were in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in the 16^th Century AD.

Waring. Originally Guarin then Warin. Norman French origins.  They were in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster in the 13^th Century AD then in Co. Kilkenny  in the south - west of Southern Leinster and then later still in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province.  Not connected to Warren, and Waringstown should actually be Warrenstown.

Warke. English origins. They have been in Co. Donegal and Co. Derry in the north of the Ulster Province since the Mid - 17^th Century AD after the Confiscation of the 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" U Niaill territories there and the Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there.

Warner. French English origins.  They have been in Co. Cork in Southern Munster since mid - 17^th Century AD.

Mac Warnock - Irish / Mheic Giolla Mhearnog (Descended from a devotee of St. Mearnog) Originally anglicized as Mac Gillavearnoge. A Sept / Family branch who had their territory in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province. Cognate with, but not connected to the Scottish Mac Ilvernock.

Warren / de la Varenne. French toponymic origins. They were in "The English Pale" in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. Some branches became Gaelicized as Bharain and "More Irish then the Irish" nearby in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

Warren. Used as a synonym for Murnane, which see, in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province. Also see Waring.

Washington -

Wassold -

Waterhouse -

Waters. Used by the Irish Sept of the O Hiskeys, which see.

Waters. Used by the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Sept / Family branch of the O Whoriskey, which see. Especially see - O Horish.

Waters. Used by the Irish Sept of the O Toorish, which see.

Waters / de Auters. Anglo - Norman origins. They were in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in 1190 AD.

Waters. English origins. (From water and Walter).