| Connaire | fairly rare: Galway etc. Ir. Ó Conaire. This is generally a Munster name, Connery but there also a Connacht version, Conry, which may refer to Ó Maolconaire, a literary family attached to the kings of Connacht. MacLysacht deals with this at some length in his "Irish Families". |
| Conroy | numerous: Ulster, Leinster, Connacht. It relates to various Irish names: Mac Conraoi, Ó Conraoi, Ó Conaire, Ó Maolconaire. See Connery, King. IF. |
| Conry | fairly rare: mainly Connacht. Ir. Mac Conraoi etc. A variant of Conroy. Cú Raoi was an old personal name. GPN. |
| Mac Conraoi | Conroy, King: líonmhar ach bhí Mac Conraoi i nGaillimh agus sa Chlár. Leis an mí-aistriú "King", cuirtear casadh eile agus breis doiléire sa scéal.SI. |
| Mulconry | rare: Clare-Limerick etc. Ir. Ó Maolchonaire, from early first name Conaire. A renowned family of historians in Connacht, including one of the "Four Masters". It has been abbreviated to Conry in some cases. IF. |
| Ó Maolchonaire | Mulconry: annamh: an Clár-Luimneach. Clann liteartha iomráiteach a bhí suite taobh le Béal Átha na mBuillí, Ros Comáin agus bhí craobh díobh i bhFíodhnach sa Chlár. Ina measc bhí Fearfeasa, duine den Cheathrar Máistir, agus Flaithrí (1561-1629), ard-easpag Thuama agus bunaitheoir Choláiste na nGael i Leuven sa Bheilg. Bhí an t-ainm Conaire le fáil ins na luath-scéalta - níl an bhrí soiléir. |
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