Mason
An Irish surname of Dublin. In the 2010 US census it was carried by 160,213 people, the 166th most common surname in the country.
Masún
Dublin, photographed
Photographs made in Dublin.
Dublin
Dublin is a county as well as a city. The bay has Howth at the north end and Killiney Hill at the south, the Muglins are a pair of rocks off Dalkey, and the Dublin Mountains start about half an hour from the city centre.
Notable bearers
James Mason (1909-1984), actor, writer, and screenwriter.
Sandra Mason (born 1949), politician, jurist, and judge.
Nick Mason (born 1944), composer, songwriter, and record producer.
Marsha Mason (born 1942), actor and art collector.
Ryan Mason (born 1991), association football player and association football coach.
About this page
The counties on this page are where the name was thickest on the ground in Ireland a century and a half ago, not a claim about any one family. Names moved around inside the country as much as they left it. The photographs are mine, made in the counties named.
More Irish surnames: Johnson · Collins · Murphy · Howard · Coleman · Hayes · Palmer · Warren · Ryan · Lane · Franklin · Obrien
How common the name was
In 1890, 32 births were registered under Mason in Ireland, most of them in Dublin.
| Munster | 11 | 34% |
|---|---|---|
| Leinster | 10 | 31% |
| Ulster | 10 | 31% |
| Connacht | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 32 |