| Annesley | Quite numerous: Belfast area etc. Formerly prominent Anglo-Irish. In Ireland 17 cent. |
| Boyle | Very numerous: widespread, especially Ulster, Midlands, Connacht. Ir. Ó Baoighill (Baoill), the derivation is thought to relate to O Ir. baigell meaning having good pledges. This was a major sept of W Ulster. There is also the Anglo-Irish family of Boyle to which the scientist Robert Boyle belonged. Ir. now usually Ó Baoill. IF & SGG. |
| Crofton | Quite numerous: Sligo etc. Ir. de Crochtún. English, 16 cent. A leading Anglo-Irish family of N Connacht. SI &MIF. |
| Elwood | Quite numerous: Belfast area, Galway. MacLysaght says that it has been a noted Anglo-Irish family in Mayo for two centuries. Cognate with Elliott, q.v. |
| Guthrie | fairly numerous: mainly E Ulster, Clare. A Scottish name in Ulster but used as an anglicisation of Ó Lathaigh in Clare. In Irish, lathach means mud, slime, described by the Anglo-Irish word "guttery". Perhaps to get away from this connection, the Clare Laheys became honorary Scots! The irony is that Ó Lathaigh is itself a corruption of Ó Fhlaithimh meaning "prince". SI & SGG. |
| Halvey | fairly rare: Limerick, Galway. Ir. Ó h-Ailmhic (noble son). Also Anglo-Irish, cognate with Holloway in Leinster. This is gaelicised de Halbhuí. SI & SGG. |
| Hamlin | Very rare: Belfast area. Ir. Haimlín. Anglo-Irish, originally of Meath, whence Hamlinstown. The name is recorded back to the 13 cent. SI & DBS. |
| Holloway | Quite numerous: Belfast, Dublin and scattered all areas. An old Anglo-Irish name associated with Leinster. A toponymic "hollow or cut-out road". DBS. |
| Teeling | Quite numerous: Dublin etc. Ir. Taoilinn. A noted Anglo-Irish family associated with Meath since 13 cent. MIF. |
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