O’Hara — Descendant of Eaghra

O'Hara anglicises Ó hEaghra, ‘descendant of Eaghra’ — a patronymic surname built from a personal name whose own meaning isn't recorded. The family held their seat in County Sligo from ancient times, and O'Hara remains one of the names most closely associated with that county today.

A name whose root personal name has faded from memory, but whose home county never has — O'Hara and Sligo, still spoken in the same breath.

Irish form: Ó hEaghra