Most Common Surnames

The most common surnames for World Champions are: Clarke, Gallagher, Gray, Roddy, Ryan and Smith with four winners bearing each of these names. They are...

Maranna Clarke (O'Moore), Emer Clarke (Griffin), Orla Clarke (Hynes) and Aoife Clarke (Hynes-Feely).

Ann Gallagher (Maguire-Way / Maguire-O'Shea), Stephen Gallagher (Golden), John Gallagher (O'Moore) and Michael Patrick Gallagher (Aodh Rua).

Mairead Gray, Frieda Gray and Maria Gray (Inis Ealga), and Caroline Gray (McGahan-Lees).

Bertie and Tony Roddy (Matthews), and Pat and Niamh Roddy (Uí Rodáigh) - all from the same family and related to Mona Roddy, too!

Shane and Eanna Ryan (Costello-O'Brien), Megan Ryan (McConomy) and Shauna Ryan (Uí Nualláin).

Conor Smith (Griffin-Roddy-O'Loughlin), Darren Smith (Grant), Ashley Smith (Smith-Houlihan) and Marnie Smith (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor).

The mini league table for total wins is...

Gray = 14
Ryan = 10
Gallagher = 9
Roddy = 9
Smith = 7
Clarke = 4