Here we have provided you with the Coat of Arms on each of our family names that we could find and also a brief description on the history of the name. The name Canty in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic Sept O an Chaintighe which is taken from the word 'cainteach' meaning 'satirical'. The Sept was located in West Cork where the majority of descendants canstill be found.
County is a variant name.
Click here for a more detailed history behind the Canty name. The name Mullen in Ireland is often a variant of Mullins but is also derived from the native Gaelic O'Meallain Sept of County Tyrone who more usually anglicized their name as Mallon. Mullen can also derive from the Mac Maolain Sept of Ulster Province where it is often a form of the Scottish name MacMillan . Click here for a more detailed history behind the Mullen name. The name O'Brien in Ireland is among the ten most frequently found in the country.