McCord (surname) Irish name Mac Mhuircheartaigh (septs of MacCurdy, and MacKurdy). Notable people with the surname include: McCord (surname) McCord (also rendered MacCourt, McCourt, McCoard, McCard, and MacCord) is a surname with origins having been found between Ayrshire, Scotland, but mostly in Airgíalla [circa 7th century AD] (modern day Irish counties of Louth, Tyrone, Armagh, and Monaghan. McCord/MacCord comes from Old Gaelic name "Mac Cuarta" or sometimes "Mac Cuairt", translating as "the son of Cuairt", a byname meaning "visitor" or "journeymen"or "son of Achilles" The town of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in gaelic translates to Ceapach Mhic Cuarta meaning "Mac Cuarta's
O'Hare (surname) an English surname, or at least an English version of their Irish surname, therefore many removed the 'Mac' or 'O' from their surname. However The O'Hehir and O'Hare families did not drop the 'O', nor did they adopt an English version of their surnames. As a result, they would have had to endure extreme hardship and suffering because of such opposition. (The creation of societies such as the Gaelic League in the late 19th Century resulted in the widespread resumption of the 'Mac' and 'O' prefixes to many Irish surnames.) People with the surname O'Hare: O'Hare (surname) "'O'Hare" is the