Silly question on irish surnames?

Question:Your favourite irish surname, or some good-sounding irish surname you really like?

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One of my maternal great-grandfathers was a John Joseph Dougherty, who immigrated from Ontario, Canada, to Texas during the 1880s. His father, Bernard Dougherty, immigrated to Canada from County Donegal--all of which makes Dougherty my favorite Irish surname. Connally (as in Texas Governor and Nixon's Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally), Kennedy, and O'Reilly are also "good-sounding" Irish surnames. Off hand, of course, I can also think of (Ronald) Reagan, (Georgia) O'Keefee, (Henry) Ford, (Audie) Murphy, and (Tip) O'Neal as examples of Irish-American names--not to mention actors (Peter) O'Toole and (Pierce) Brosnan.

mulchaly

I think my top few would include:

McLoughlin
Moran
Fitzpatrick

McCormack-my girlfriends father has no one to take on the name so I said our son should keep the name McCormack. (It's ok-when he croaks, it'll be up to my son if he wants to change it back to mine-MacDonald-or not!)
I know a man called Padriog(?) Joyce and he married a lady called Joyce Smith. And now no one calls her Joyce-it has to be Joyce-Joyce. She accepts it! It doesn't seem strange anymore.
My mum called him Porrick and I didn't know for ages she meant Pat...which is what everyone calls him!
Curragh is good if you are into betting, Moloney is a fave of mine as there is a great man I play dominoes with from Waterford, but best of all is any good whiskey!

Flanagan
McSweeney
Murphy
Fitzsimmons
McAlister

Sullivan
Haughey
McGuinness
McGonagle

O'Brian