This volume has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives a history of each name, its original form, where it came from - Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or France - and why it changed to what it is today. The book also includes notes on famous bearers of the name and where in Ulster the name is now most common. The result is a reference book packed with often surprising insights into the origins of a complex, turbulent people.