what is the name Rochford Translated to in irish gaelic?????

The answer is.... Rochford!

I don't know if the name was derived from an Irish Language name as an anglicisation, so I can't give you its Irish Language original form.

However, if you want to make one up, the Irish for "Woodford" is "Áth na Coille"... so maybe you make it:

D'Áth na gCarraigeacha

The closest name I find is Rochefort which is given as de Rosfort.Someone with McLysaght's book can possibly help with this. Fear na mbróg's versions are more suitable for place names than family names.

From MacLysaght:

Rochford - "I quote a note received from Mr. K. Nichols: 'An Anglo Norman name widespread in the middle ages but afterwards principally in Meath and Kilkenny. A branch of the Meath family joined the Cromwellian cause and are commemorated by the village of Rochfordbridge. The Rochfords in Co. Cork were in fact de Ridlesfords: the adoption of the name Rochford arose from mistaken reconstruction of a Gaelic form'. There were several of these, vry dissimilar in the annals, etc. e.g. Ratasbhard, Risibard. See Rougheen.

(O)Roughneen, Raghtneen - (Ó Reachtnín) A Mayo name, where Rochtford has sometimes been used for it. Ronayne is sometimes used as a synonym of Roughneen. See Raghteen.

(O)Raghteen - (Ó Raichtín) Formerly used for Raftery in Co. Galway; to be distinguuished from Raghtneen but presumeably of the same origin."

(Message edited by Maidhc_Ó_G. on March 11, 2006)

(Message edited by Maidhc_Ó_G. on March 11, 2006)