Ó Buadhaigh is a
Gaelic Irish
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surname.
Background
Now rendered Bowe(s) and found mainly in counties
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, ...
,
Laois
County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from LoÃgis, a medieval kingdom. Hist ...
,
Kilkenny
Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...
,
Tipperary and
Waterford
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, the original surname represented a
sept
A sept () is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used both in Scotland and in Ireland, where it may be translated as Irish , meaning "progeny" or "seed", and may indicate the descendants of a person ...
of the
Éile
Éile (; , ), commonly anglicised as Ely, was a medieval petty kingdom in the southern part of the modern county of Offaly and parts of North Tipperary in Ireland. The historic barony of Eliogarty was once a significant portion of the kingdom.
...
; specifically, a sept of the
Éile Uà Chearbhaill. They left, or were expelled, from Éile Uà Chearbhaill sometime around or before 1200. By the 1290s, they were found as O'Bothy, O'Bouy, and other forms located in
Osraighe,
Tipperary, and
LoÃgis
LoÃgis () is the name of an Irish tribe, as it is called by contemporary scholars. Formerly, scholars generally called the tribe ''Laoighis'' or ''Laeighis'' in Irish, ''Lagisia'' in Latin, and ''Leix'' in English. LoÃgis is also the name of the ...
.
A number of other families of the name, or one like it, are found elsewhere in Ireland. All are probably native, and distinct from bearers of the surname in Britain.
Notables
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Tommy Bowe
Thomas John Bowe (born 22 February 1984) is an Irish television presenter and former rugby union player from County Monaghan, Ireland. He played on the wing for Ulster, Ospreys, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions.
After his playing career ...
(born 1984), Irish rugby union footballer
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John Bowe (Irish financier)
References
* ''Ó Buadhaigh Éile: Origins of the Leinster surname Bowe/Bowes'', Journal of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, volume 15, 2014.
External links
Ó Buadhaigh Bowe(s) Bouge
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Surnames of Irish origin
Gaelic-language surnames
Irish-language surnames