Buckley Research : http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/userfiles/AmyBuckley32267.html?UID=Amy+Buckley&A=Go&FileID=32267&a=View+Genealogical+Record+Pages Variants or related names (Buckley). Unusual related names will generally be explained in the surname history. Surname Variant Bohilly Boughil Boughla Buckley Buckly Ó Buachalla The number of births of the surname Buckley (and variants) in each province of Ireland in 1890. Surname Variant Leinster - 31 Munster - 144 Ulster - 5 Connacht - 4 Munster is the province that includes County Cork. Published family histories in book format (Buckley). Author - D. O'Murchadha Title - Family Names of Co. Cork Publication details - Glendale Press Dublin 1985 Sample location & reference - The Genealogical Office . Surname History Buckley The common English surname, Buckley, derives from a number of places of the name, and was used as the anglicisation for the Irish Ó Buachalla, derived from buachall, meaning boy or herdsman. In seventeenth century records, the surname is principally found in Co Tipperary, but today Counties Cork and Kerry have the largest concentrations. It is one of the most common Irish surnames, although almost three-quarters of the Buckleys in the country live in Munster. Other, rarer, anglicised versions of the name are Bohilly, Boughla, and Boughil. One well-known Corkman of the name was Dermot Buckley, one of the last of the 18th-century Rapparees, or highwaymen, whose exploits around the Blackwater valley were legendary. Counties where the surname Buckley was particularly common in 1890. Cork Kerry Dublin Kilkenny Tipperary Periodical or chapter local history references for the city or county entered. Author - Tim Cadogan Title - Irish Roots Local history periodicals covering the area you entered. Bandon Historical Journal National Library of Ireland Ir 794105 c 1 Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society National Library of Ireland Ir 794105 c 1 Kinsale Historical Journal National Library of Ireland Ir 95145 k 5 Annual from 1986 Seanchas Chairbre National Library of Ireland Ir 94145 s 6 Seanchas Duthala (Duhallow magazine) National Library of Ireland Ir 94145 s 3