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O'Sullivan Clan Gathering in Ireland Breaks World Record
Guinness World Records verified 1,848 participants after the clan drew namesakes from Ireland and abroad to reclaim the top spot from the Gallaghers.
- On Saturday, the O'Sullivan clan gathered in Castletownbere, County Cork, breaking the Guinness World Record for largest surname gathering with 1,848 verified participants.
- Organizers launched weeks of social media campaigning urging Sullivans and O'Sullivans worldwide to surpass the 1,488 Gallaghers who set the previous record in Letterkenny, County Donegal, in 2007.
- Participants traveled from as far as Mexico and Boston to join the event, with officials verifying attendees via passport checks and counting them in groups of fifty on a school's football pitch.
- Guinness World Record Authenticator Prav Patel confirmed the milestone, declaring the clan the new title holders, while organizer Jim O'Sullivan said, "But people turned out in their numbers, and we did it."
- The surname, meaning 'hawk-eyed' in Gaelic, ranks among Ireland's most common names, with over 500,000 O'Sullivans and Sullivans worldwide maintaining strong ties across the Irish diaspora in North America.
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