From Ó Beolláin, built on a Norse personal name rather than a Gaelic one — a family first found across Clare and Sligo.
The Boland certificate.
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Norse-Gaelic Origin · Root a Norse personal name
Boland anglicises Ó Beolláin, built on a personal name of Norse rather than Gaelic origin — one of several Irish surnames that trace back to Viking settlers absorbed into a Gaelic family structure. The name was first found across County Clare and County Sligo, on opposite coasts of Connacht and Munster.
A Norse name wearing a fully Gaelic disguise — Ó Beolláin looks and sounds like any other Irish sept name, but its root came in on a longship.
Irish form: Ó Beolláin
