Ormonde Explained

Ormonde is a surname originated in Ireland (Ormonde) and Scotland (Ormond), but also occurring in England, United States, Portugal (mainly in Azores, as a variation of the scottish surname Drummond) and Brazil.

It may refer to:

People

• Ann Ormonde (born 1935), an Irish politician
• James Ormond or Ormonde (c. 1418–1497), the illegitimate son of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde, and Princess Margret of Thormond
• John Ormonde (1905–1981), a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Paul Ormond or Ormonde (born 1977), an Irish sportsperson

Places

• Ormonde Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Ormonde, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Ormonde (Cazenovia, New York), a mansion listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Other uses

• The British peerage of the Earl of Ormonde
• Ormonde (horse) (1883–1904), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Ormonde Wind Farm in the Irish Sea
• Ormonde Motor Company, manufacturer of motorcycles 1900 - 1904
• SS Ormonde, one of the first ships on which the "Windrush generation" of British African-Caribbean people travelled in 1947

See also

• Ormond (surname)
• Ormond (disambiguation)