What does the o in an irish name mean?
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o in an irish name 
Irish name Names of the Irish state O'Hare (surname) O'Reilly O'Sullivan Republic of Ireland Éire O'Neill (surname) Whelan O'Donnell dynasty
A female&#39;s <b>surname</b> replaces <b>Ó</b> with Ní (reduced from Iníon Uí – &quot;daughter <b>of</b> 
descendant <b>of</b>&quot;) and&nbsp;... [Similarly, the state&#39;s] <b>name</b> in <b>Irish</b> is Éire and in the English language, Ireland. 
Its description in the&nbsp;... <b>O</b>&#39;Hare is the Anglicized form <b>of</b> the <b>Irish name Ó</b> hÍr. This is a famous <b>Irish</b> clan (
or sept) <b>surname</b>. The earliest reference to the clan <b>O</b> haichir (now <b>O</b>&#39;Hare) is to&nbsp;... It is also the patronymic form <b>of</b> the <b>Irish name</b> Reilly (<b>Irish</b> Gaelic: Uí Raghaile). It 
is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration <b>of</b> the&nbsp;... <b>O</b>&#39;Sullivan (<b>Irish</b>: <b>Ó</b> Súilleabháin), also known as simply Sullivan, is an <b>Irish</b> 
Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County 
Kerry. The <b>surname</b> is associated with the southwestern part <b>of</b> Ireland and was&nbsp;... The government <b>of</b> the United Kingdom used the <b>name</b> &quot;Eire&quot; (without the 
diacritic) and, from 1949, &quot;Republic <b>of</b> Ireland&quot;, for the state; it was&nbsp;... Éire is <b>Irish</b> for &quot;Ireland&quot;, the <b>name of</b> an island and a sovereign state. Contents. 1 
Etymology. 1.1 Difference between Éire and Erin. 2 As a state <b>name</b>; 3 Spelling&nbsp;... The <b>surname O</b>&#39;Neill is <b>of Irish</b> origin, spelling variations include <b>O</b>&#39;Neal, <b>O</b>&#39;Neil, <b>Ó</b> 
Neill, <b>Ó</b> Néill, Ua Néill, Uí Néill and Neill. The family <b>name</b> Whelan /ˈhwiːlən/ is an anglicisation <b>of</b> the <b>Irish surname</b>, <b>Ó</b> 
Faoláin. The <b>surname</b> originates from the Middle <b>Irish</b> &#39;Úa Faeláin&#39; (plural,&nbsp;... The <b>O</b>&#39;Donnell dynasty (<b>Irish</b>: <b>Ó</b> Dónaill or <b>Ó</b> Domhnaill, <b>Ó</b> Doṁnaill or Ua Domaill
; derived from the <b>Irish name</b> Domhnall, which means &quot;ruler <b>of</b> the world&quot;,&nbsp;...
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