Finley and Langan?

Question

I have recently been looking into the geneology of my dad's father's side of the family. Yesterday I asked about the surname "Molseed" (or possibly Malseed, Molsteed, or Maulstaid) in Ireland. In what area of Ireland are the names "Finley" and "Langan" most commonly found?

Answer 1

Try putting the names into this online phonebook

http://www.eircomphonebook.ie

Answer 2

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the names,

Finley Name Meaning and History

Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh (Old Irish Findlaech), composed of the elements fionn ‘white’, ‘fair’ (see Finn) + laoch ‘warrior’, ‘hero’, which seems to have been reinforced by an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements finn ‘Finn’ + leikr ‘fight’, ‘battle’, ‘hero’.

Langan Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin ‘descendant of Longán’, a personal name probably derived from long ‘tall’, or perhaps from the homonymous long ‘ship’ (and so originally a byname for a seafarer). Sometimes Leonard is used as an equivalent.

hope this helps.

Answer 3

they are very irish names

found all over ireland but i'd say more to the west of ireland for those names

i live in dublin and i know a family of malseeds