Ó hAodha is a Gaelic-Irish surname, that has commonly been Anglicised to Hayes or Hughes. Overview Now generally anglicised as O'Hea (in County Cork), Hughes or Hayes, Ó hAodha derives from Aodh, a personal name (meaning "fire") popular at all historical times throughout the Gaelic world. It is the surname of at least ten unrelated families found in Gaelic Ireland, such as Ó hAodha of Muscraighe-Luachra/the Múscraige of Sliabh Luachra, now County Cork; Ó hAodha of Tír Chonaill (centered at Ballyshannon, County Donegal); Ó hAodha of Tír Eoghain (around Ardstraw, County Tyrone; Ó hAodha of Ulaid (around what is now Tynan, County Armagh; Ó hAodha of Airgíalla (centred on what is now Farney, County Monaghan; Ó hAodha of Dál Fiatach in Ulaid (now south County Down; Ó hAodha of Muintir Murchada in what is now County Galway. Bearers of the name Flann Ua Aedha, Abbot of Aran, died 1110. Séamas Ó hAodha, member of the Gaelic League, fl. 1914 - 1922. External links http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= http://www.failteromhat.com/pedigree.php Surnames Irish families Surnames of Irish origin Irish-language surnames Families of Irish ancestry