Craughwell
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Irish creach (“plunder, raid”) + maol (“bare hill”).
Proper noun[edit]
Craughwell (countable and uncountable, plural Craughwells)
- A small town in Connacht, County Galway, Ireland.
- A habitational surname from Irish.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Craughwell is the 2662nd most common surname in Ireland, belonging to 156 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Craughwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.