Flannagan Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

The spelling Flannagan grew out of Flanagan, an Irish surname with a long paper trail. At root, the name means “Descendant of Flannagán ("red, ruddy")”.

• Other spellings include O'Flanagan and Flanigan.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The extra “n” in Flannagan is a spelling habit rather than a different name.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Flannagan, so the heraldry linked to Flanagan is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Flannagan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.