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WITH

NOTES AS TO NUMERICAL STRENGTH, DERIVATION, ETHNOLOGY, AND DISTRIBUTION

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General Register

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SiK,

In submitting the accompanying Report on Surnames

in Ireland, I desire to express

my

special

acknowledgments to Mr. William A. Squires, Superintendent of Records

in

this Office,

who has most cordially

assisted

me, and whose long experience iu dealing

;

with names has been of the greatest advantage

tendent of
Statistics,

also to

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Superin-

for his assistance in the revision of the

work

and to Dr. Robert

J, Mitchell,

Inspector of Registration, for furnishing

me

with notes as to the present

condition of several Colonies in this Country.

My

best thanks are due to the Right Hon. the Earl of Courtown for information

and valuable suggestions especially with reference to the names in the County of

Wexford, and

for

very kindly placing at

;

my

disposal a

MS. on the

subject in his

Lordship's possession

also to Dr. J. J.

Digges La Touche, Deputy Keeper of the Public

Records in Ireland, and other friends who have assisted

me

in various ways.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapter

I.

II.

Introductorj remarks, Principal Surnames in

Kingdom,

III.

Derivation of Surnames, IV. Surnames in Ireland Ethnologioally considbred, V. Distribution of Surnames,

five entries

........ ....... ...... ...... .......

i

FAOK

Ireland compared with those in other portions of the United

12
15

2T

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having

together with the
these

number

in each Registration Province and the Registration Counties in which

names

ar principally found,

.....

and upwards in the Births Index

for 1890,

...

31

SPECIAL EEPORT
ON

SUENAMES IN lEELAND
WITH

NOTES AS TO [NUMEEICAL STRENGTH, DERIVATION,

ETHNOLOGY, AND DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER
The
investigation into the personal
interest.

I.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
names
of the people of

any country

is

a subject surrounded

with very great

By means

of family nomenclature

much
;

light can be

thrown on the

early employments

and customs

of a people, as well as the sources from

lies

which they have spnmg.

In

fact,

the history of our country

enshrined in

its

Surnames

and on our shop fronts and

in our graveyards

may

be found side by side the names of the descendants of the Milesian Prince^ of

the Scandinavian Viking, and of the

Norman Knight.

So far back

as

1851 the Census Commissioners for that year attempted to arrange the Sumam&( of
effort,

the country in such a way as to show their distribution. The

to the diflBculties

however, proved unsuccessful, owing

met with, and when the names were

partially extracted the task

was abandoned.

At the termination of the Census of 1881, the late Dr. Lyons, then M.P. for Dublin, pressed the Government to institute an inquiry into names, such as had been attempted in 1851, and his proposal was very favourably entertained, but as th^ work of the Census Department was then about to close, the Commissioners were unable to comply with his request.
It

may

be observed that as a preliminary to any successful

the materials collected during

effort to tabulate

the Surnames in the

country, some codification of the variations in form and spelling was necessary.
objects in view, from

With

this

and other

many

years in the General Register OflS^e,

as well as special reports obtained from local officers in the Registration Service, I prepared in

1890 a

treatise entitled "Varieties

and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland,"

in his Office,

which was issued by the Registrar-General for use in connection with searches in those of the Superintendent Registrars and Registrars throughout the country.
That book
spelling
;

and

set forth the principal orthographical changes in

;

Surnames, exhibiting the varieties in

;

the use of prefixes and affixes

spelling according to usual pronunciation

;

older forms of in spelling

;

names showing the alterations they have undergone in course of time local variations and form, exhibiting the tendency of names to assume different forms in different localities and changes owing to illiteracy and other causes. in spelling at pleasure
;

variations

It further contained examples of the use of entirely different

names interchangeably by the same

being cases of translation of them.

person, a practice which prevails inIrish

some parts of

Ireland,

many

table

names into English, or vice was also given showing cases

versa, or equivalents, modifications, or corruptions of

of English

names and

their Irish equivalents

met with in the

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report oj the

Registration Records.

The work also contained an Alphabetical List of Surnames, with their Varieties and Synonjrmes, and a Table showing the respective Poor Law Unions and Districts in which many of the peculiarities had been found. The reception which that book met with at the hands of the Press and the Public was
gratifying,
very-

and I determined to attempt, in connection with the Census of 1891, the interesting

work

of extracting and classifying the Surnames of the population generally on the lines unsuccess-

fully followed in 1851.

An unexpected occurrence, however, prevented this. The Census Records which previously afforded complete data for the purpose were, in 1891, rendered imperfect in this
respect,

owing

to the insertion of a clause in the

initials

Act of Parliament, directing that in the case

of

Inmates of Public Institutions,

only should be given in the Enumeration Forms.

of persons were thus omitted from these Records,

The Surnames of a

considerable

number

and

the question arose whether with these imperfect data, the

work should be abandoned,

or whether

the general results could not be obtained with sufficient accuracy from othei sources.

The Indexes

of the General Register Office afford a reliable basis

on which to found general

all

conclusions regarding Surnames, and though in the Index for

any one year

it is

the Surnames in the

comitry will not be found, yet

if

a name be of frequent occurrence

certain to be represented in

the Index, the, number of entries opposite the

other

name

indicating

its relative

frequency with respect to

8umames.
afford facilities for distributing the

The Indexes further

Surnames over^the country,

as in the

case of each entry the Poor

Law Union

is

given.

In view of these
confirmed in

facts, I

decided to take these Indexes as the basis of

my

inquiries,

and I was

my

determination by the opinion of that eminent scholar, the late Right Rev. Dr.

Reeves, Lord Bishop of

Down, Connor, and Dromore, and President

of the Royal Irish

Academy,

who

encouraged

me

to undertake the task, and promised

me

his cordial assistance.

His lamented

death, however, unhappily deprived

me

of the benefit of his valuable aid

and

advice.

may mention

that both in England and Scotland the subject of personal nomenclature has

received attention, and statistics relating' thereto, derived from the Indexes of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages,
refer.

have been published by the respective Registrars-General,

to

which

I shall further

have divided the consideration of the subject as follows

1st.

The principal Surnames'in Ireland compared with those Kingdom.

The Derivation of Surnames
in Ireland.

in -other portions of the

United

2nd.
.

3rd.

Surnames in Ireland Ethnologically considered.

4th The Local Distribution of Surnames in Ireland.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

CHAPTEE

II.

Principal Surnames in Ireland compared with those in other portions of the

United Kingdom.

The following Table

exhibits

One Hundred

of

the Principal Surnames in Ireland (including

varieties) arranged in order of numerical strength, together with the Estimated

Number

of

Persons bearing each Name.

Table showing One Hundred of the

principal Surnames in Ireland (including varieties) taken from the Births Index of 1890, together with the Estimated Population bearing each Surname.

Population of 1890, estimated at 4,717,959 persons.

10

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

The

following Table sets fortli the Fifty most common Surnames in England, deduced from the Indices of 1853; showing also the estimated Population holding each Surname in 1853. [Extracted from the 16th Annual Report of the Registrar-General for England],

KB. Population
No. on
List.

of 1853 estimated at 18,404,421 persons.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births,

It will be seen

and Deaths

in Ireland.
first in Ireland, in

11
order

from the foregoing Tables that the name "Murphy" stands

of numerical strength, representing

an estimated number

of 62,600 persons (or 13-3 per thousand of

the population), and that in both England and Scotland the

representing,
it is

name

"

Smith

"

occupies the

first place,

England and Wales (in the year 1853) 253,600 persons (or 13-8 per thousand of the population), and in Scotland (in the year 1863) 44,200, or 14-2 per thousand
estimated, in

of the population.

The second
senting, it
is

place on the Irish List

is

held

by the name

" Kelly," representing 55,900 persons (or

"

11-8 per thousand of the population).

In the English Tables "Jones

It
is

has the second place, repre-

estimated, 242,100 people (or 13-2 per thousand).

the most
it

common name

in the

Principality of Wales,

and

its

prevalence there has given

it

the high place

occupies on the List

for the country generally.

The
"

Registrar- General for England states that in some years the

Joneses contributed to the registers a larger number of Births than even the Smiths.
the second place
is

In Scotland
36,600,

held

by

M'Donald," the estimated population bearing the

name being

or 11 '8 per thousand.

The

third place in Ireland

is filled

by

" Sullivan," the

number of persons
"

of
is

which name
the third

it

is

estimated amounts to 43,600 (or 9'2 per thousand).

In England

Williams "

name

in

numerical importance, representing 159,900 persons (or

87 per

thousand).

" In Scotland " Brown

tands

third,

reckoning 88,800 (or 10-9 per thousand).

other Divisions of the Kingdom.

Fifty on the Irish List appear on the Lists for one or both of the Thus " Smith " is 5th in Ireland and 1st in England and Scotland "Murray" is 18th in Ireland, and 17th in Scotland; "Moore "is 20th in Ireland, and 39th in England; "Wilson" is 26th in Ireland, 11th in England, and 8th in Scotland; "Campbell" is 31st in Ireland, and 7th in Scotland; "Clarke" (or "Clark") is 32nd in Ireland, 9th (taking both spellings) in England, and 18th in Scotland; "Johnston" appears 33rd in Ireland, and 16th in

Several names

among

the

first

Scotland ; " Hughes " appears 34th in Ireland, and 19th in England ; " Brown
in England, and

" is

37th in Ireland, 6th

3rd in Scotland
or

"

Martin "
is

is

38th in Ireland, 31st in England, and 48th in

Ireland, 15th in England,

Scotland;
"

"Thompson"
is

"Thomson"

42nd in

and 4th in Scotland;

White "

50th in Ireland, 22nd in England, and 41st in Scotland.

It will also be observed that

among

the second fifty names on the Irish List, several appear in

" Stewart " is 58th in Ireland, and 6th in Scotland and 12th in England " Ward " 78th in Ireland, and 30 th in England " Reid " 81st in Ireland, and 13th in Scotland " Graham," 82nd in Ireland, and 40th in Scotland " Bell " 89th in Ireland, and 47th in Scotland " King " 86th in Ireland, and 36th in England " Scott " 90th in Ireland, and 10th in Scotland and " M'Donald " which is 95th in Ireland, is 2nd

the

first fifty

of England or Scotland.

Thus,

" Robinson," 73rd in Ireland,

in Scotland.

be perceived, however, that most of the names in Ireland with the larger numbers are peculiar to this country, representing the names of Irish Clans and Septs, such as the Murphys, Kellys, Sullivans, O'Briens, Byrnes, Ryans, Connors, O'Neills, ReiUys, Doyles, McCarthys,
It will

Gallaghers, Dohertys,

&;c.

The Scotch Clans

are similarly represented in the List for Scotland, such as the M'Donalds,

M'Kenzies, M'Gregors, M'Leods, M'Kays, Campbells, Stewarts, Camerons, &c.

B2

12

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

CHAPTER

III.

DERIVATION OF SURNAMES.
The consideration of the Derivation of Surnames forms an would be impossible within the limits of this Report to enter can be attempted is to give a brief summary of its main
Country.
interesting branch of study, but it

fully into the subject,

and

all

that

sub-divisions as applicable to this

Surnames in Ireland may be divided with reference to

Tiz.:
1.

their

derivation into

six

2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

Feom Peesonal Names. From Rank or Occupation. Fbom the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms. From Locality. From Personal Peculiarities or Attributes. Other Surnames.
of

1.

The following Examples may be given

Surnames derived from Personal names

Celtic Names.
McShane, McFadden,
.

(MacShaum (MacPaidm
Patrick).

McAndrew,

(MacAindria
drew).

Irish.
Irish.

Son of John). Son of little Son of An-

O'Toole,

(P'Tuathail Irish. of Tuathal).

The descendant
Irish.

McDonnell,
Irish.

(MacDomTmaUl
Donall).

Son

of

McHugh, MoDermott
O'Ferrall,

(MacAedha Irish. Son of Hugh). {McusDiarmada Irish. Son of

McKeown,
McRory,

{MacEoghmn
or Owen).

Irish.

SonofEoghan
Son of Bua-

Diarmaid). {O'FecurgaU Irish. of Feargal).

(MacEuadhri

Irish.

The descendant

dhri (Rory).

Many Surnames
Kilbride,
Gilpatrick,
.

derived from

Celtic

Names
of St.
of St,

are

compounded with the word

(GioUaChriosd
Christ).

" Oiolla

servant (or disciple) of

such as
Gilchrist,
.

of

(GiollaBridghid
Bridget). Patrick).

the Servant (GiollaPadraic the Servant

the

Servant

Gildea,
Gilfoyle,

{GiollaB^the Servant of God). {GioUaPhoilth.eSevva.ntoiSt.Paiil).

Maol is also prefixed to the names of Saints, signifying a bald or tonsured person the spiritual servant of such Saint, as
Maol-Dtibhan [Maoldun],

who became

the Servant of

St.

Dubhan.

Anglicised

Muldoon.

English Names.
Abraham. Adams. Adamson.
Davidson.
Fergus.

Errata

Page 12

Omit

" Fergus," " Ferguson."

English Names.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

13

Abbott. Archer. Baker.

Barber. Bishop. Butcher.

14

''Appendix to the Twenty-ninth Report of the

:

Major Graham remarked in his 16th Annual Report, already referred to

cumstance presented by the Indexes
is

"

The most

striking cir-

number and variety of the surnames of the English people. Derived from almost every imaginable object, from the names of places, from trades and employments, from personal peculiarities, from the Christian name of the father, from objects in the Animal and Vegetable kingdoms, from things animate and inanimate their varied character is Some of the terms which swell the list are so as remarkable as their singularity is often striking. ridiculous, that it is difficult to assign any satisfactory reason for their assumption in odd, and even
the extraordinary
;

the

first

instance as family names, unless indeed, as has been conjectured, they were

nicknames or

sobriquets,

which neither the

first

bearers nor their posterity could avoid."

:

Referring to Welsh surnames he stated

"

In Wales, however, the surnames,

if

surnames they can

Thus, Evan's

be

called,

do not present the same variety, most of them having been formed in a simple manner from
Others were derived from the father's name coalesced with by which Hugh ap Howell became Powell, Evan ap Hugh manner were formed nearly all the Welsh surnames beginning with the
of),

the Christian or fore-name of the father in the Genitive case, son being understood.

son became Evans, John's son Jones, &c.

a form of the word ap or hab (son

became Pugh, and in

letters

like

and

P.

Hereditary surnames were not in use even amongst the gentry of Wales until the

time of Henry VIII., nor were they generally established until a

where, as the marriage registers show, the Christian

much

later period

indeed, at the
(districts,

present day they can scarcely be said to be adopted amongst the lower classes in the wilder

name

of the father

still

frequently becomes the

patronymic of the son in the manner just described."

^
their

With

respect to Cornish
it

names the Report states:"From the circumstance of

common

might be supposed that the Welsh people and the inhabitants of Cornwall would exhibit some analogous principles in the construction of their surnames ; such, however, is not the case. The Cornish surnames are mostly local, derived from words of' British root, and they are
British origin

often strikingly peculiar.

A large number

have the prefix Tre, a town

the words Pol, a pool. Pen,

a head) Ros, a heath, and Lan, a church, are also of frequent occurrence in surnames."

With regard
the
first

his 6th Report, remarks

in Scotland, the Registrar-General for that country in the names of our Border and Highland Clans belong to class" [Surnames derived from Patronymics], "and they are peculiarly Scottish, neither
:

to the derivation of

names
all

" Almost

belonging to England nor to Ireland.

Macgregor, Mactaggart,
&c."

..." The

Surnames include all those beginning with Mac, as besides those simple ones, as Eraser, Douglas, Cameron, Kerr, Grant Surnames derived from rank and occupation are very numerous, but are equallyetc.,

These

common

to England as to Scotland."

..." Surnames
class,

persons originally resided

form a very numerous

is

taken from the locality in which the and they also are, to a great extent, peculiar

to Scotland, seeing that there

has

its

name

scarcely a county, parish, town, river, or remarkable locality but perpetuated in the Surnames." The sobriquets perpetuated as Surnames

..."

are, perhaps, the most varied of

in the different individuals to

and embrace every personal or mental quality supposed whom they were originally given.''
all,

to reside

The personal Names in the Isle of Man are of considerable interest in connection with Irish Surnames, as that Island has passed through phases of occupancy some what similar to those of this country. Its history may be divided into three periods: the first, when it was inhabited by
Celts

similar in race

the third,

and language to the Irish the second, the period of Scandinavian domination and the time during which it has been under English dominion. The names in the Island
;

represent each of these periods.

of Celtic origin
;

As in

Ireland, the largest

roots,

some are from Scandinavian

are derived from words and there are now a large number of names

number of names

traceable to English sources,

On
name

visiting the Island, I

difiering

"

from those found in Ireland, though evidently derived from the same Clucas " is the Manx form of Lucas, both names being derived from the
" Cannell,"

was much struck by the peculiar forms many names had assumed there source. Thus the
Celtic

MacLucais

son of Luke.

name pecuKar

to the Isle of

Man,

is

son of ConaU. The Irish modem form is M'Connell. "Kermode," another Manx name, is contracted from the Celtic name MacDiarmaid, son of DiarmaidIrish modem form M'Dermott. "Mylchreest" is derived from the Celtic] MacGioIla Chrlosdthe son of the servant of Christ. The modem Irish form is Gilchrist. Many other instances could be adduced.

derived from the Celtic MacOonaill

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland,

15

CHAPTER

IV.

SURNAMES IN IRELAND ETHNOLOGICALLy CONSIDERED.

Celtic Names.

The present population

Celtic
is

of

Ireland

is

a mixture of a number of different races in which the

the predominant element.

The great bulk of the most common names in the country are undoubtedly of Celtic origin. Many oi them still retain the- prefixes and Mac, the former peculiar to Ireland and the latter used both in Ireland and Scotland. In many cases, however, these prefixes have been dropped. It is a matter of common occurrence to find in the same record Celtic names written with the
prefixes

and Mac and without them.

now, in some
settlers
cases, to trace

It is impossible

whether families are of Celtic or English descent, as

some of the English

English surnames.

took Irish names, and Irish families

were compelled to adopt

By

a Statute of 1366,
"

language, and be the Irish

;

it was provided, inter alia, that "Every Englishman do use the English named by an English name, leaving off entirely the manner of naming used by

and in 1465 (5 Ed. IV., cap. 3), a law was passed enacting " that every Irishman that dwells betwixt or amongst Englishmen in the County of Dublin, Myeth, VrieU, and Kildare shall take to him an English Surname of one town, as Sutton, Chester, Trym, Skryne, Corke, KinsaJe; or colour, as white, blacke, browne or arte or science, as smith or carpenter; or office,
.

as cooke, butler

."

The existence of the two languages in the country accounts some parts of Ireland of using English names with their

for the practice

which prevails in
or

Irish translations

equivalents

interchangeably, some particulars regarding which will be found in my Book of Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland already referred to.

Four Masters, and other eminent Authorities, afford information whereby the approximately ascertained, and ancient location of the principal Irish Tribes and Septs can be among which the following may be Tribal Maps of Ireland have been published from time to time,

The Annals

of the

mentioned
1.

A Map

showing the

territories of the Irish Princes

and Chiefs

the various

Septs subordinate

of the English Lords, their armorial bearings, &c., to them, &c., also the Districts in possession
A.D. 1567.

[A copy of

this

Map

will be found

appended to State Papers of Henry VIII., Vol.

;

2.,

Part

3,

and another copy in National Manuscripts of Ireland, Part IV.-l

2.

No.

5.]

Hibernise, Britannias Insulse,

Nova

Descriptio,

by Abraham OrteHus,

1572.

3.

Ortelius improved, or a

and EngHsh Extraction, Published according to Act of Parliament by

4.

new Map of Ireland wherein are inserted the principal Families of Irish who possessed that kingdom on the commencement of the I7th Century.
P.

Wogan, Old Bridge No,

23, Dublin.

M.D.

by Baronies, by Philip MacDermott, Topographical and Historical Map of Ancient Ireland the Four Masters. Published in 1846. (This Map has attached to Connellan's Annals of

in Ireland and in America). since been reproduced both

16

Appendix
From
these sources the following
located, has

to the

Twenty-ninth Report oj the

list

of the principal Ancient Celtic Families, with the Counties

:

in

which they were

been compiled

Names with
Name.
County.

the Prefix Mac. *

Name.

ConNTT.

MacAlister, MacArdell,

Antrim.

MacGilduff,

Monagban.
Limerick.

MacGiMnnen orLeonord,
Mac&ilfoyle, MacGillicuddy, MacGilligan, MacGillikeUy, MacGilmartin, MacGilmichael,

Galway. Fermanagh.
Tipperary.

MacArthur, MacAuley,
MacAuliffe,

Westmeath.
Cork.

MacBrady, MacBreen,

Cavan. Kilkenny, Tyrone.

Kerry. Londonderry, Longford. Clare, Galway.

Leitrim.

MacBrennaii, MacBride,

Roscommon.
Donegal.
Clare.

Monaghan.

MacBrodin, MacCabe,
MacCaflErey,
.

MacGilmore, MacGilpatrick or Fitz

patrick.

Down.
Kilkenny, Queen's.

MacCafney, MaoCaghwell, MacCann, MacCartan, MacCarthy, MacCashin, . MacClancy, MacClean, MacCloskey, MacCogan, MacCoggan, MacCoghlan, MacColreavy,
. . . . . .

Cavan, Monaghan. Fermanagh. Cavan. Tyrone. Armagh, Louth.

MacGih-oy,

Monaghan.
.

MacGinty, MacGiollamoholmoge, MaoGloin,

.

Down.
Cork, Kerry, Tipperary.
Queen's.
Clare, Cork, Kerry, Leitrim.

MacGolrick, MacGonigal,

"

Donegal. Dublin. Leitrim, Tyrone. Donegal.

Queen's. Leitrim.

MacGorman,
MacGourty,-

Antrim, Donegal. Donegal, Londonderry.

Queen's. Leitrim. King's. Leitrim.

MacGowan
MacGrane,

or Smith,
.

Cavan,

Donegal,

Down,

Leitrim.

Meath.

MacConmee,
MacCoimell,

Tyrone. Londonderry, Tyrone.

.

MacGreal, MacGuire, MacGulshenan, MacHale,

.

Mayo. Fermanagh.
Fei'managh.

Mayo.
Caran, Donegal, Longford.
Tipperary.

MacHugh,

Galway,

MacConry, MacConsnava or Ford,

Galway.
Leitrim. Longford, Sligo. Longford, Tipperary.

MacConway, MacCormac,

Mac-I-Brien or O'Brien, Maclntire, MacTntyre,

. .

MacCoskley, MacCourt, MacCracken, MacCraith or Magrath,

.

Tyrone. Tyrone. Londonderry.

Clare,

Fermanagh, Kerry.

MacCrehan,
MacCrossan, MacDavett,

Tipperary, Waterford. Kerry. Donegal, Tyrone. Donegal, Mayo.

MacKenna, MacKenney, MaoKenny, MacKeogh, MacKeon,

Donegal. Tyrone. Kerry, Monaghan.

Leitrim.

Louth.

Roscommon, Wexford.
Leitrim.

MacDermott,
MacDonnell,

Roscommon,

Sligo.

Antrim, Clare, Fermanagh, Kildare, Londonderry,

MacKiernan, MacLennon, MacLoghlin, MacLoughlin, MacLysaght,

Cavan, Fermanagh.
Donegal. Londonderry.
Clare. Clare, Monaghan. Fermanagh, Roscommon. Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow. Antrim, Mayo.
Clare.

Monaghan, Queen's.

MacDonough, MacDorchy,
.

Cork, SUgo.
Leitrim.

MacMahon, MacManus, MacMurrough,

.
.

MacNally,

MacDougall, MacDowell, MacDiivan,

Antrim.
.

Roscommon.
Donegal.

MacNamara, MacNamee, MacNeney,

MacNevin, MacNulty,

Londonderry.

MacEgan,
MacEUigot, MacEneiry,
. .

Galway, Kerry, Tipperary.

K erry.
Limerick.

Monaghan. Galway. Cavan, Donegal, Mayo.

MacEiiteggart,

Fermanagh.

MacOiraghty, MacOscar,

MacEvoy,
MacPadden, MacFergus, MacFineen,
MacPirbis,
.
.

Roscommon. Monaghan.
Tyrone.
Leitrim.

Armagh,
meath. Donegal.
Leitrim.

Queen's,

West-

MacOwen,
MacPartlan,

Kerry.
Leitrim.
Sligo.

MacPinnevar,
.

MacGargan, MacGarrahan, MacGarry, MacGauran, MacGavan, MacGennis, MacGeoghegan, MacGeraghty,

. . .

Cavan.

MacQuade, MacQuUlan, MacRannall or Reynolds, MacRory, MacRuarc, MacShane,

. . . .

Monaghan.
Antrim.
Leitrim.
Dovirn, Tyrone.

Westmeath.
Tyrone.
Leitrim.

Fermanagh. Mayo. Cavan. Longford, Mayo.

MacShanley, MacSheehy, MacSherry,

Down.
Westmeath. Mayo, Sligo.
Donegal.

MaoSweeney, MacSweeny,
MaoTaggart, MacTeige, MacTeigue, MacTiernan, MacTully,

MacGettigan,

Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Cork. Cork, Donegal. Kerry. Tyrone. Donegal.

Leitrim, Queen's.

MaoGibbon,

Mayo.
Donegal. Longford.

MacGilbride, MacGUchrist,

MacWard,

Cavan, Fermanagh. Cavan, Fermanagh,Galway. Donegal, Galway.

tr,

Some

of the names given in this Table are represented also in Scotland and are ntatna CoUas who retnmed to Ireland trom that country in the fcurth century.

Tn>.irom^^!!!!!rrTrTr^^^^^T~^""" * ^ ^^ followers of the Three

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

17

Names with the Prefix

NAME,
COUNTY.

0.

NAME.

COUNTY.

O'Ahern,
O'Baire,

Cork. Cork.
King's,

O'Connelan,
O'Connell,

Tyrone.

O'Bannan,
O'Begley,

Mayo.
O'Connellan,

Cork, Donegal.
King's.

Down, Galway, Kerry, Limerick. Galway, Mayo, RoscomClare,

O'Behan,
O'Beirne,

Roscommon.
Limerick.

O'BiUry,
O'Birn, O'Bligh, O'Bolger, O'Boylan, O'Boyle, O'Bradley,

Mayo. Mayo.
Carlow, Kilkenny.
.

O'Connolly, O'Connor, O'Conolly, O'Conor,

mon. Galway, Monaghan.

Kildare,

Roscommon.
Galway,
Kerry,

Meath.
Clare,

Monaghan.
Donegal. Cork, Donegal. Louth. Kilkenny. Kerry, Kilkenny. Donegal, Fermanagh, Tipperary.

Londonderry, King's, Mayo, I?,oscommon,Sligo.

G'Conran,
O'Considiue,

Waterford.
Clare.

O'Branagan,
O'Bree,

O'Cooney, O'Corcoran,
O'Oorley,

Tyrone.

Fermanagh, Tipperary.
Sligo.

O'Brennan,
O'Breslin,

O'Cormac,
O'Corr, O'Corran, O'Corrigan, O'Cosgpy,

Down. Roscommon.
Tyrone.

O'Bric, O'Brien,

O'Brien or Mac-I-Brien,
O'Brigan, O'Brodar, O'Brody, O'Brogan,
.

Waterford. Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford. Tipperary. Cork. Donegal, Kilkenny.

Fermanagh, Westmeath. Wexford.

Cork. Cavan, Donegal. Clare, Cork, Kerry.
Sligo.

O'CoWhy,
O'Coyle, O'Creagh, O'Crean, O'Criocan, O'Criodan, O'Cronin, O'Cronly, O'Crossan, O'Orotty,

Mayo.
Cavan,
Sligo.
.

Mayo,

Queen's,

Tyrone.

Antrim
Kerry. Cork. Tyrone. Waterford. Cork.
Tipperary. Leitrim. Galway, Kildare, Cork, Tipperary, Limerick,

O'Brolchan, O'Brosnaghan, O'Byrne,

Londonderry. Kerry.

O'Cahaney, O'CahiU,
O'Callaghan,
O'Callan, O'Callanan,

Wicklow. Mayo.
Galway, CarloWj Clare, Kerry, Tipperary. Clare, Cork, Mayo, Tipperary.

O'Crowly,
O'Cuire, O'Cuirneen,

O'CuUen,

. .

Armagh, Kilkenny.
Cork, Galway.

Wicklow.
O'CuUenan,
O'Culligan,
Clare, Cork, Tipperary. Clare.

O'Canavan, . O'Cannanan,
O'Carberry, O'Carey,
,

Galway.
Donegal.

Westmeath. KUdare.
Clare.

O'Cummin,
O'Curran, O'Curry, O'Daly,

Mayo.
Clare, Donegal.

O'Oarmody,

O'Carolan, . O'Carragher, . O'CarroU,

Londonderry, Meath. Louth. Kerry, Kilkenny, King's, TipLouth, Leitrim,

perary.

Cavan, Cork, Westpieath. Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Westmeath,

Cork.
Clare.
Glare, Cork, Tipperary.

O'Casey,

O'Cashin, O'Cassidy,

Cork, Fermanagh, Kerry, Limerick, "Westmeath. Galway. Fermanagh, Londonderry,

O'Danaher, O'Davoren, O'Dea, O'Deasey, O'Deegan, O'Delany,

Cork.
Clare.

Kerry, Kilkenny.
Kildare, King's, Queen's.

O'Cavanagh, O'Oawley,
O'CIaisin,

Monaghan. Carlow, Wexford.

Galway.
Cork. Limerick.

O'Dempsey, O'Dennehy, O'Dennery, O'Dermody,

O'Devin, O'Devir, O'Devlin, O'Dinan, O'Dinane, O'Dineen,
O'Dinei-ty,

Waterford. Cork.
Clare, Tipperary.

Fermanagh.
Donegal. Londonderry, Sligo. Tipperary. Cork. Cork. Tipperary. Limerick. Donegal, Mayo. Cavan, Mayo.

O'Clerkin, O'Clery,
O'CofiFey,

O'Coigley,

O'Coleman,
O'Colgan,

Donegal, Cavan, Clare, Galway. Galway, Westmeath. Donegal, Fermanagh. Cork, Louth, Sligo.

Armagh, Down, Kildare.

Louth.

O'Oolman,
O'Coltaran,

O'Dinnahan, O'Dogherty,
O'Dolan,

Down.
Cavan, Sligo.

O'Conaghty, O'Concannon, O'Conealy, O'Conlan, O'Connegan,

.

Roscommon.
Galway.
Limerick.

O'Donaghey, O'Donegan,
O'Donelly.

Galway.
Cork. Donegal. Limerick. Donegal, Down," Tyrone.

Mayo.

G'Donevan, O'Donlevy,

18

Ajypendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Names with the Prefix O

Name.
COUNTY.

continued.
NAME.
CO0NTT.

O'Donnegan,
O'Donnelan,
O'Donnell,
.

Armagh, Feimanagh, Tipperary, Tyrone.

O'Fox,
O'Freel,

Roscommon.
Donegal,
Sligo.

Galway,

Mayo,

O'Furey, O'Furry,

Longford, Meath. Donegal, Londonderry. Tipperary. Antrim.

Clare.

O'Donnellan, O'Donnelly,

Antrim, Galway.
Tipperary, Tyrone. Kerry, Kilkenny.
Tipi)erary.

O'Fynn, O'Gahan,
O'Gallagher, O'Gallivan,

Wicklow.
Donegal. Kerry.
Sligo.

O'Uonoghoe, O'Donohoe, O'Donovan,

O'Dooley,
O'Doolin,'

Cork, Limerick.

O'Gara, O'Garvey,

Ai'magh, Down, Wexford.

Westmeath.
Kerry. Donegal.
Queen's, Wexford.

O'Gavagan,
O'Gearan, O'Geary, O'Gevany, O'Gleeson, O'Glennen, O'Gloran, O'Gogarty,

Mayo, Mayo.

Sligo.

O'Dooyarma, O'Doran, O'Dorchy, O'Dornin,

O'Dorrian,

Waterford.

Galway.
Tipperary.

Mayo.
Donegal. Donegal.

Roscommon.
Kilkenny. Meath.
Carlow, Clare, Fermanagh. Donegal, Mayo.

O'Dowd,
O'Dowling, O'Doyle,

Mayo,

Sligo.

Queen's, Wicklow.

O'Gorman,
O'Gormley, O'Gormoge, O'Grady,
O'Griffin,

Carlow, Galway, Kilkenny,

Wexford, Wicklow.
O'Doyne, O'Dreenan, O'Drinan,
O'DriscoU,

Mayo.
Clare,

Carlow.

Kerry,

Limerick,

Galway.
Clare.

Mayo.
O'Hagan, O'Hagarty,
O'Hagerty, O'Halahan,
O'Halligan, O'Hallinan, O'Halloran,
Clare, Kerry. Tyrone. Kerry, Londonderry. Donegal. Cork. Meath. Limerick.
Clare, Galway. Antrim, Tyrone. Meath.

O'Drom, O'Duane,
O'Duflf,

Cork. Cavan.

Galway.
Queen's.

O'Duffy,

O'Dugan,
O' Duigenan,

O'Dunn, O'Dunnady, O'Durkan, O'Duvan, O'Duvany, O'Dwyer,

O'Eire, O'Etigan,

Galway, Mayo, Monaghan. Cork, Mayo, Roscommon, Wexford. Roscommon. Kildare, Meath, Queen's.
Donegal,

O'HamiU, O'Hand,
O'Hanley, O'Hanlon, O'Haurahan, O'Hanratty, O'Hanvey, O'Hara,

Kerry.
Sligo.

Roscommon. Armagh.
Westmeath.

Meath.

Armagh, Tyrone.
Tipperary.

Armagh. Down, Westmeath.

'

O'Fahy,
O'Fallon,

Antrim. Tyrone. Galway.

Antrim, Mayo,
Donegal.

Londonderry,
Sligo.

O'Harkan,
O' Harney,

Roscommon.
Cork, Kerry.

O'Falvey,
O'Farrelly,

O'Fay, O'Feenaghty, O'Feeney,

O'Felan,
O'Ferral, O'Fihelly,

Cavan. Westmeath, Keriy, Roscommon. Galway, Sligo. Fermanagh, Waterford.

Longford. Cork, Roscommon.

O'Finan, O'Finegan, O'Fian, O'Finnelan, O'Flahavan, O'Flaherty, O'Flanagau, O'Flannagan,

O'Flannelly,

Mayo. Mayo, Roscommon.

Leitrim.

O'Hart, O'Hartigan, O'Haverty, O'Hea, O'Healy, O'Heaney, O'Heffernan, O'Hehir, O'Heir, O'Hely, O'Hennesey, O'Hennigan,

Kerry Meath,

Sligo.

Cork, Limerick.

Galway
Cork, Limerick, Meath. Cork, Kerry.

Fermanagh.
Clare, Tipperary. Clare.

Armagh.
Kilkenny,- Limerick.
King's, Westmeath.

Cork.

Westmeath.
Waterford. Galway.

O'Heoghy or Hoey
O'Hevlihy.
.

Down.
Cork.
Clare, Cork, Galway. Clare, Tipperary.

Fermanagh.

O'Heyne, O'Hickey,
O'Higgin,
.

Roscommon, Waterford.
Sligo.

O'Flannery,
O'Flattery, O'Florry,

Longford, meath.

Mayo,

West-

Limerick, Mayo.
Clare.

Down.
Antrim, Cork, Keriy, Mayo,

O'Flynn,
O'Fogarty, O'Foley, O'Foran,

Roscommon.
Tipperary.

Kerry.

Galway.
Donegal.
1

OTorvanan,

'

O'Hoey, O'Hogan, O'Honan, O'Honeen, O'Hoolaghan, O'HooUaghan, O'Horan, O'Horgan, O'Hosey,

. .

Monaghan.
Clare, Tipperary. Limerick.
Clare.

Cork, King's.

Galway. Galway, Wicklow.

Cork.

Fermanagh, Tyrone.

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Names with the Prefix O
NAME.

19

continued.

20

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Names with the Prefix O

NAME.

continued.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

21

The MacDermotts were ancient Princes of Moylurg, having their territories in the Barony of Boyle, County Koscommon, and parts of the Parishes of Islandeady, Turlough and Breaffy, in Counties Sligo and Mayo. Their chief fortress "was on an island in Lough Key, near Boyle," and
they were hereditary Marshals of Connaught. At the present time Connaught is the province in which the MacDermotts are principally found, and half of the persons of the name in that province
belong to County Roscommon.

The Munster MacMahons formerly possessed the greater part of the Baronies of Moyarta and Clonderalaw, in the County Clare, in which county the predominant name now is McMahon.

The O'Bymes anciently possessed the greater part of the Barony and wore powerful Chiefs in that part of the country. Byrne
Counties of Wicklow, Dublin, and Louth.

of Ballinacor,
is

County Wicklow,

the leading

name now

in the

The

original habitat of the O'Driscolls

O'Driscoll

was Lord

of Baltimore,

was the Barony of West Carbery, in County Cork, where and possessed the Island of Cape Clear and adjacent territory.

The great majority

of the present DriscoUs are to be found there.

Barony, of which O'Dogherty was Lord.

there at the present time.

The O'Doghertys were a powerful Sept in County Donegal, and were located in Inishowen The Doghertys or Dohertys are numerously represented

The O'Flahertys were

originally located in the

Barony of

Clare,

County Galway, but

in the

thirteenth century, having been expelled from this territory, thej' settled in the Barony of Moycullen,

and were styled Lords of lar Conacht or West Connaught. A large number of the Flahertys are now to be found in the Baronies of Moycullen, Ross, and Ballinahincb, in County Galway.

The O'Gallaghers were a warlike Clan

in the Baronies of
is

Raphoe and Tirhugh, County Donegal.

the most numerously represented

As
in

will be seen from the Table on page 28, Gallagher County Donegal.

now

name

possessed several

In ancient times the O'Keeffes were Marshals and chief military leaders of Desmond. They castles, and were styled Princes of Fermoy. The principal county for the
is

Keeffes and O'KeeflFes at present

Cork.

The O'Mahonys were anciently located in Cork and Kerry, where they were powerful Chiefs and sometimes styled Princes. They had several castles along the sea-coast. In County Cork an O'Mahony was Lord of Ivaugh, in the Barony of West Carbery, and an O'Mahony was Chief in Kinalea Barony. In County Kerry there was a Chief of the name in the Barony of Iveragh, and
there were

O'Mahonys in the Barony

of Clanmaurice.

The majority

of persons of the

name

of

Mahony
The

or

O'Mahony

are

still

found in these two counties.

territory

O'Malleyfe

were celebrated Chiefs whose

comprised the present Baronies of

are

Murrisk and Burrishoole in the County Maj-o.

principally in the

two baronies named, and in

The Malleys and O'Malleys that of Erris, in County Mayo.

now

located

The O'iMeaghers were formerly powerful Chiefs possessing the Barony of Ikerrin, in County Tipperary, of which O'Meagher was Lord. The Meaghers or Mahers are principally io\x^_J'-'^Mi'
County Tipperary
at present.

The O'Mearas had an extensive territory in the Barony ofJiI*^ '!?i moiid, County Tipperary, in which O'Meara was a Chief. The name of their principg^'resideuce, Tuam-ui-Meara, is still retained The Mearas or O'Mearas are still numerous in that locality. in the town of Toomyvara. The name Moriarty is now largely represented were Chiefs in the Barony of Dunkerron.
in

County Kerry, in which county the O'Moriartys

O'Mulvey was a Chief in the Barony of Mohill, County Leitrim, in which county about 50 per cent, of persons bearing the name Mulvey are now found.

The name Noonan occurs chiefly in Cork, in which county the O'Noonans formerly dwelt. O'Noonan was a Chief in Duhallow Barony, and there were O'Noonans in Barrymore and Kinalea
Baronies

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Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Carlow branch, in which county which county one O'Ryan was Lord of O'Ryan was Prince of Idrone and the Tipperary branch, in Owney and Arra, and another Chief of Borrisoleigh. They also had possessions in County Limerick. The Kyans are now found in the Counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Limerick, and Tipperary, the last county having by far the largest number. The Ryans of Tipperary are in some places so numerous
There were two branches of the O'Ryans or O'Mulrians

the

by additional names a{)pended to the surnames, such Ryan (Buckly) Ryan (Cooper) Ryan (Cormack) Ryan (Corney) Ryan Ryan (James) Ryan (Larry) Ryan (Ned) Ryan (Owen) (Dalton) Ryan (Dan) Ryan (Jack) Ryan (Russell) Ryan (Tim Daniel).
that they are distinguished in the records
as

Ryan
;

(Bawn)

>

There were several branches of the O'Sullivan family

they were Princes of Beara,

one was located in County Cork where

now Bere and Bantry

Baronies,

and were

called O'Sullivan (Beara).

Another (O'Sullivan Mor), occupied portion of County Kerry, where they were Lords of Dunkerron.

At the present time the SuUivans and O'Sullivans

and Kerry.

are

most numerous in the Counties of Cork

The O'Tooles were

Glen of Imaile which
considerable

celebrated Princes of Imaile, in

still

County Wicklow, and had

their seat in the

retains that name.

still

Their power extended into County Kildare.

number

of Tooles are

resident in the

County Wicklow.

Danish Names.
Ostmen or Danes came to Ireland and established They founded the Kingdom of Dublin a.d., 852, and their chief towns were Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, and Limerick. Some of the surnames now in use are traceable to Danish origin. Amongst these may be mentioned Betagh, Coppinger, Dowdall, Dromgoole or Drumgoole, Gould, Harold, Palmer, Plunkett, Skiddy, Sweetman (Swedeman), Trant, &c. The name " Ost " is met with in County Wicklow.
the Ninth to the Twelfth Centuries the

From

themselves on the seaboard.

Dr. MacDermott, in his annotations to the Annals of Ireland

"Many

families

of

Danish

origin

took Irish surnames, prefixing

by the Four Masters, states and Mac, so that their

:

descent cannot

now be ascertained, and several of their

chiefs took Irish Christian names, particularly

that of Patrick in honour of the patron saint of Ireland.

possession of Dublin and some other parts of the qpuntry,

The Danes and Norwegians being in and having maintained their colonies
of Danish blood in the Counties of families of

there for more than 300 years, there

is

consequently

much

Dublin and Meath, particularly

in Fingall,

and there are many

Danish descent mixed

by

intermarriages with the old Milesian Irish."

Anglo-Noeman Names.
The circumstances connected with the Anglo-Norman
suffices to

invasion need not be referred to here.

.

It

the second great graft on our Celtic stock tobk place, many of our present surnames, notwithstanding the changes in form and spelling which time has wrought in
it

say that through

them, being traceable to an Anglo-Norman source.

As examples the following may be given

Dillon,

Barry, Bellew, Bermingham, Burke, Carew, Clare, Cogan, Dalton, Darcy, De Courcy, Delamere, FitzEustace (Eustace), Fitzgerald, Fitzhenry, Fitzmaurice, Fitzsimons, Fitzstephen,

Gernon, Grace, Hussey, Keating, Lacy, Le Poer, Marshall, Montmorency, Mortimer, Nangle, Nugent, Petit, Prendergast,~FuroelI, Eo.?^'^, Staunton, Taaffe, Talbot, Tuite, Tyrrell, Verdon, Vesey.
Dr. MacDermott, in a note to the

"Aiinals^of the Four Masters," states:

:

Anglo-Norman or English
took the

families adopted Irish surnames

The de Burgos or Burkes, of Connaught

;

"The

following

Mac William, and some of them that of MacPhilip Meath and Mayo, changed the name to MacCostello the de Exeters,
name
of

of

the de Angulos or Nangles, of

to
.

Ban-etts,

Mayo,

Berminghams, of
of the King's

of Mayo, MacWattin the Stauntons, of Mayo, to M'Aveeley Connaught and other places, to MacFeorais, or Peorais
;

MacJordan
.
.

the

to

the de

County, to MacRuddery the Poers, of Kilkenny and Waterford, to MacShere; the Butlers, to MacPierce; the Fitzgeralds, to MacThomas and MacMauiice the de Courcys, of Cork, to MacPatrick the Barrys, of Cork, to MacAdam and many others, in like
;
;

....

the Fitzsimmons

manner."

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births,

and Deaths

in Ireland.

23

English' Names.

Large numbers of English came to Ireland from the 12th to the 18th century, and from these sources the great bulk of the Engljsh names now found in Ireland are derived. These names are
very numerous, though in many a small number of persons.
cases, as

compared with the old Celtic names, they represent but

The following are a few specimens

of English

names numerously represented

Adams; Andrews; Arnold; Ashe; Atkinson; Baker; Barr; Barton: Bates; Bennett; Berry; Bingham; Bolton; Bradshaw; Brooks: Canning; Carlisle; Carter; Christy; Cooper; Cox. Crowe Downes Edwards; English; Field Fisher Freeman; Goodwin; Hall; Harper; Harris;
; ;

Hawthorne; Henry; Hewitt; Hill; Holmes; Hopkins; Hunt; Hunter; Jackson; Jenkins Johnson Johnston Kidd King Lamb Lane Little Long Mitchell Morton Nash Osborne '^Pearson Richardson; Roberts; Robinson; Salmon; Shaw; Short; Simpson; Small; Somers; Swan; Taylor; Thornton; Turner; Walker; Wall; Waters; Watson; Webb; Webster; West; White; Woods; Wrighl
;
; ; ; ; ; ;

Harrison;

Cornish Names.

Some Cornish or Briton names are also found in Ireland, such as Jagoe, Lanyon, Pascoe, Pender, Pendred, Penrose, Tredennick, Tresilian, Trevelyan, Vivian, &c.

Welsh Names.
Welsh immigrants
also

found their

Breathnach, a Briton or Welshman

occurs in early times in the Gounties of Cork,

way
into Ireland.

The name
and

"

Walsh "

Irish,

Brannagh or

Dublin, Kerry,

Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow

Dublin, and Wexford.
settled in Ireland

at the

present day the

name

is

largely represented in nearly every county in Ireland, especially in Cork, Mayo, Waterford, Gal way,

According to some ancient authorities, Welshmen of the following names

Invasion:

after the English

,

Howell,

Lawless,

Lillis,

Lynagh, Lynnott, and

Merrick.

A remarkable
settlement
fact that

colony from Wales, yet not consisting solely or even mainly of Welsh, was formed

at an early date in the Baronies of Forth

and Bargy, county Wexford.

It is

supposed to have been a

is

made
it

at the

time of the Norman Invasion.

to a recent period

The interest

in this colony

centred in the

continued to exist separate from the native

;

character,

and language down

Irish, and maintained its peculiarities, and traces of its special characteristics are still to

be found.
Reference
is

made

to

his colony in a series of returns supplied to Sir William Petty, written

it is

about 1680.

In them

stated "they preserve their

first

language and almost only understand

the same unless elsewhere educated."

predecessors first used," which
frieze, comlie,
is,

Also that "they observe the same form of apparel their

"

according to the English mode, of very fine exquisitively dressed

but not
"

costlie

that they invioblie profess and maintain the same faith and form of

religion,"

and that

they seldom dispose of their children in marriage but unto natives or such as
Several peculiar customs and usages of the colony are also

will determine to reside in the Barony."

detailed in the returns referred to.

which

In 1788 General Vallancey visited the colony and embodied the result of his researches in a paper is printed in the Second Volume of the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, and in
dialect of the colony.
;

which he gives a specimen of the old

He remarks
" fully "
"

"

This Colony have preserved their ancient manners, customs, and language

and

occupying every inch of ground, the natives could never obtain a re-establishment therein. As population increased some of the English have been obliged to remove into the neighbouring baronies within these fifty years, and by an intercourse with the Irish the language of these

" emigi-ants

" baronies of Bargie

became corrupted, and these by their connections with their kindred remaining in the and Forth have in some measure introduced this corrupted dialect there."

He
^'

mentions, amongst the names of the old colonists at that date

" Rossiter," " Sinnott," "

" Hore,"

" Cod," " Stafford,"

Whitty,"

Stephen,"

"

Quiney," and

" Walsh."

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Appendix

to the Twenty-niyith

Report of the

In Hall's Ireland also (published in

Mr. and
" coast
Mr.s. S. C.

841), there are references to this interesting colony.

Hall observe :" The baronies of Bargy and Forth, which extend along the

from the Bay of Bannow to the Bay of Wexford, form perhaps the most singular and
'

The day a peculiar people.' "peninsular position of these baronies the sea on the one side, and the mountain of Forth on the " other contributed, no doubt in a great degree, to the safety and stability of the Colony yet had " it not been for the numerous castles, or, more properly speaking, fortalices,' the ruins of which
" remarkable district of Ireland, its inhabitants being to this
.
.

'

"

form so remarkable a feature in the landscape, the courage and daring

of the native Irish

still

would

"

have caused their extermination.

Over
;

a surface of about 40,000 acres there are

sites of

standing the

" remains of fifty-nine such buildings

and the

many more

can be

still

pointed out."

A paper on the subject of the dialect of the Barony of Forth was read by the Right Rev. Dr. Russell,
late President of

Maynooth

College, at the

Dublin Meeting of the British Association in August,

1857.

After an examination of the fragments of the language extant he states

" T

venture, therefore, to

"conclude that the barony of Forth language

"first settlers,

is

a lineal descent of the English introduced

by the

modernized in

its

forms,

and

also,

though in a

less degree, in its

vocabulaiy."
districts,

Dr. Russell also remarks

"

Like Irish in what used to be the Irish-speaking

itself,

the I'orth

language has become unfashionable in Forth

acknowledge an acquaintance with

it,

much

less to

and the young generation are unwilling even to employ it as a medium of ordinaiy intercourse." June
last, states
:

Dr. Mitchell, Inspector of Registration,

"

who

visited the locality in

"

There

is

very great change over the face of this

'

district since

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall

50

years ago

" described its inhabitants as still "

a peculiar people.'

up

of the whole country

the

district

markets

The chauge is easily explained bj' the opening and the facilities for travel afibrded by railway

" train

and steamboat.

There'

is

no doubt, I think, that the present inhabitants are largely the

" offspring of intermarriage " able

" " "

Irish. It is only among the most illiterate that any considernumber of words of their old dialect is now used. Of the surnames given by Vallancey viz., Stephen and Quiney, appear to have died out in these Baronies, and others have spread two, The names Codd, Stafford, Sinnott, Hore, Rossiter, and Walsh all over the county and beyond. are very common in the town of Wexford."

with native

Scottish Names.

From an

early period there were migrations of Scotch from Scotland to Ireland where they

settled in Ulster,

but the formal Plantation of Ulster took place in the seventeenth century.

The

majority of these settlers were Scotch,

On

reference to the Table at the end of this Report the very frequent occurrence of Scotch

in the Province of Ulster will be seen.

Campbell, Scott, Miller, McKenzie, Ross,

names The following may be given as examples Stewart, McKay, Paterson, Fraser, Morrison, Cameron, Mcintosh,

McGregor, Kerr, Graham,

Sinclair, Gordon.

Huguenot Names.
Representatives of other races have from time to time settled in this country
these
;

prominent amongst

may

be mentioned the French and Flemish Huguenots.

letters of naturalization to the

an Act granting

refugees.

The Irish Parliament in 1674 passed The Duke of Ormonde, then Viceroy

patronized them, and through his instrumentality, colonies of them were founded at Dublin Kilkenny, Portarlington, Waterford, Cork, and Lisburn.

They
Poplin
"

started manufactures

of silk, gloves, lace, cloth,

and

linen.

in the Liberties of Dublin

had

its

origin with these industrious foreigners,

The manufacture of " Irish and in the north

of Ireland they established the manufacture of linen

and cambric.

the following may be given as examples ; Barr^, Bedat, Champion, Chenevix,' Cprcellis, Crommelin, Delacherois, Drelincouit, Dubourdieu, Du Cros, Fleury, Gaussen, Logier, Guerin, Hazard (Hassard), La Touche,' La Fevre, Lefroy, Lefanu, Maturin, Perrin, Saurin, Trench, Des VignoUes.
are
still

Many Huguenot names

amongst us

Blacquiere, Boileau, Chaigneau,

Du

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

I have been furnished

25
settle-

by

Dr. Mitchell with the following notes regarding the

:

Huguenot

ment
"

in Portarlington at present
is

Townland of Deerpark near Portarlington, a Huguenot descent." " Mr. Smiles, in his book on The Huguenots (1867), states, the Blancs, butchers, transmitted the business from father to son for more than 150 years, and they are still recognisable at Portarlington under the name of Blong.' Not only is this so, but there are three families of them there now, two of which have retained (or returned to) the original spelling of the surname Blanc
at the present time (June, 1893) in the of pure
'
'

There

colony of

men

'

'

'

and the trade of butchering is still followed by the family. The Medical Officer of Cloneygowan Dispensary District, Dr. Tabuteau, represents another Portarlington Huguenot family, and his father, the late Dr. Tabuteau (now eighteen years dead), remembered the time when Divine service was conducted in French. The surnames Boileau and Des Voeux have disappeared from this locality only a few years ago. General Boileau and Major Des Voeux with their famiKes having left Portarlington. There is an aged carpenter here, La Combre,' of pure Huguenot descent, so that this name also, as well as another, Champ,' may be added to the list. The Oorcellis family now spell it Corsellis, and the full surname Des VignoUes still
"
' ' ' ' ' '

as can be seen in our Register Books,

occurs."

German Palatinate
Rhine.

H^ames.

In the Eighteenth Century there was a German migration into Ireland from the Palatinate of the

was sent to Rotterdam by Queen Anne, which brought over about 7,000 About 3,000 were sent to North America, where they settled in The remainder, except a few families which remained in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. England, came over to Ireland, and settled principally in the County of Limerick. They were allowed eight acres of land for each man, woman, and child, at 5s. an acre, and the Government engaged to pay their rent for twenty years. They were an industrious and frugal race, but their numbers were subsequently largely reduced by emigration to America, and at the present day but
In 1709 a
fleet

of these refugees to England.

few, comparatively, remain.

Ferrar, the historian of Limerick, describes thus this
" Palatines preserve their language, "

German Colony

as it existed in
;

1780

"

The

but

it is

declining

they sleep between two beds

better fed

they appoint a

burgomaster to whom they appeal in

all disputes.
;

They are industrious men, and have leases from the

are, consequently,

" proprietor of the land at reasonable rents " the generality of Irish peasants.
" "

they

and clothed than

Besides, their mode of husbandry and crops are better than They have by degrees left off their sour krout, and feed on potatoes those of their neighbours. * * * and wheaten bread, some meat and fowls, of which they rear many. milk, butter, oaten

"

The women

are very industrious

Besides their domestic employments and the care of

assist the

" their children,

they reap the corn, plough the ground, and

their

men

in everything.

In short

"the Palatines have benefited the county

" people,

who are mostly employed on

S. C.

by increasing tillage, and own small farms."

"

are a laborious, independent

Mr. and Mrs.

Hall describe the " Palatines

in 1840 as " different in character,

:

" in habits from the people of the country." They state " Th6 elders of the family preserve in a " great degree the language, customs, and religion of their old country ; but the younger mingle and
"

and

distinct

marry with

their Irish neighbours."

Dr. Mitchell has kindly furnished

of this

me

with the following remarks regarding the present condition

spot (May, 1893), that Palatines bearing the following
in

colony

" I find,

by

personal inquiries

made on the

surnames at the present time

Killiheeji
:

occupy farms

and round
of

Court Matrix, Ballingran, and

Baker, Bovanizer,

Bowen (Adam Bowen was one

it),

my

informants, interviewed on
(or

his

own

8 (Irish) acre

farm near Court Matrix),

Lodwig, Modlar, Pyper,

Doube (pronounced 'Dobe'), Delmege

Delmage' as they themselves pronounce

with the 'g' hard),
Millar,

Gilliard, Latchford, Ligier

(pronounced 'Leg-iar,'

Reynard (pronounced 'Reinart'); Ruttle,

informants,

Shire, Stark, Switzer (Jacob Switzer

was another

of

my

whom

'

I interviewed on his

farm at Court Matrix), Teskey, Travers. The above 19 names undoubtedly represent more than double that number of families in the There are several families of the several of them also occur at Adare. localities specified above and so on. name Switzer,' several of the name 'Delmege,' and Ruttle,' name, 'Ruttle,' on a signboard (a very I got to Askeaton District, I found a Palatine

own

24!-acre

'

'

"When

26
unusual circumstance).

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Generally, Palatine sons succeed their fathers on the

allotted to their ancestors in 1709.

same farms onginally And however those may have fared who have since left Co.

the original Limerick for America, the Palatines here at present are tenant farmers, as a rule, like farms. settlers, many of the 8-acre lots having been consolidated into larger "At Court Matrix, I saw the house of the Rev. Mr. Doubea Palatine Clergyman at present WickloW. When I got to Pallaskenry, I found along with some of the surnames
stationed in Co.

already given, others, viz. :Neazor, Heavenor,

Smyth

(spelled

with a 'y' and originally 'Schmidt').

"The Christian names

and
for females

for males,

Nehemiah, Christopher, Adam, Jacob, Jethro, Julius, Ebenezer,

Dorothy,

&c., are still of

common

occurrence.

"Differing originally in language (though even the oldest of the present generation know nothing among of the German tongue, spoken or written), as well as in race and religion from the natives

whom

they were planted, these Palatines stiU cling together like the members of a clan, and worship together. Most of them have a distinctly foreign type of features, and are strongly built,

swarthy in complexion, dark-haired and brown-eyed.

The comfortable houses

built in 1709 are in

ruins now. I traced, with Jacob Switzer's aid, the original " Square " of Court Matrix in the ruined walls still standing ; I also traced in the very centre of this square the foundations of the
little

Meeting House in which John Wesley occasionally preached to them in the interval, 1750-

1765.

Modem

houses stand there now, but not closely grouped together.

They

are all comfortable

some thatched, some slated, some of one storey, others of two. Nearly all have a neat little flower garden in front, and very many have an orchard beside, or immediately behind the house. There is all the appearance of thrift and industry among them."
in appearance,

Jewish Names.

The

last

colony to which attention need be called

is

that resulting from the recent Jewish

For many years Jews have been resident in Dublin and other chief cities in Ireland, but during the decade, 1881-90, their numbers were largely increased by the arrival of Russian and Polish Jews. Most of these have settled in Dublin, where, on the south side of the city, they
immigration.

have formed a Jewish Quarter, and opened several Synagogues.

this Office

The Marriage and Birth Indexes

midst.

of

now afford abundant evidence of their presence in our As shown by the Census Returns, they principally follow
and
Tailoresses.

the occupations

of

Commercial

Clerks,

Commercial Travellers, Drapers, Dressmakers, General Dealers, Merchants, Pedlars, Shop

as examples of the

Assistants, Tailors

The following may be given

Coplan.

names

of the Jewish Settlers

Registrar-General of Ma/rriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

27

CHAPTER

V.

DISTRIBUTION OF SURNAMES.
In the Table at the end of this Report, will be found the Surnames in Ireland represented byfive Entries and upwards in the Births Index for 1890, and the number of such Entries in each
to exhibit in tabular form the details in that Table

by Coimties. It was not deemed advisable by Counties, but the relative numerical strength of the principal Surnames in each Registration County is as follows *
Province, together with notes as to their distribution
:

Registration Province op Leinster.

KEaiSTRATION COUNTY.

SUENAMBS AND NUMBER OP ENTRIES IN BIRTHS INDEX FOE

1890.

Oariow,

Murphy
Byrne

41,

McDonald
Dublin,
.

Byrne 33, Doyle 32, Nolan 28, Neill 15, Kavanagh 14, Whelan 12, Byan 10.

27,

Brennan

24,

Kelly 15,

301, Kelly 194, Doyle 162, Murphy 132, Smith 106, O'Brien 105, Kavanagh 97, Dunne 93, O'Neill 93, Reilly 93, Nolan 89, Connor 82, Walsh 77, Farrell 73, Carroll 71, Eyan 65, Moore 63, Cullen 62, Keogh 60, Murray 60, Whelan 59, Brady 52, Kennedy 51.
40,

Kildare,

Kelly
15,

Murphy 34, Dunne 32, Byrne 28, Nolan 20, Connor 18, Smith Ryan 15, Moore 14, Carroll 13, Neill 13, Bolger 12, Doyle 12.

18, Farrell

Kilkenny,

Brennan 49, Walsh 45, Murphy 35, Ryan 34, Carroll 25, Byrne 22, Butler 22, Maher 21, Dunne 20, Phelan 18, Kelly 17, Neill 17, Power 17, Purcell 17, Brien 15,
Shea
15,

Delany

14,

Dowling

14.

King's,

Kelly 34, Dunne 23, Daly 20, Egan 17, MoUoy 16, Mooney 16, Carroll Kenny 11, Murray 11, Dempsey 10, Kennedy 10, Maher 10.
Beilly 78, Farrell 36, Kieman Quinn 12, Smith 12.
24, Kelly 23,

12,

Walsh

12,

Longford,

Donohoe

19,

Murphy

14,

Brady

13,

Louth,

Byrne

36,

Kelly 30, Murphy 30,

Reilly 20, Carroll 19,

13, Rice 13, 11, O'Hare 11.

Smith 26, Clarke 23, Duffy 21, McArdle 20, Mathews 16, Martia 14, Donnelly 13, Farrell 13, Morgan Hanratty 12, McCourt 12, McKenna 12, Boyle 11, Connor 11, Lynch

Meath,

Reilly 53, Smith 30, Lynch 17, Brady 16, Farrell 14, Farrelly 14, Kelly 14, Brien 13, Daly 11, Maguire 11, Duffy 9, Dunne 9, Byrne 8, Connor 8, Mahon 7, Clarke 7, Martin 7, Mathews 7.

Queen's,

Dunne

34, Delany 30, Conroy 19, Lalor, 18, Phelan 18, Fitzpatrick 17, Ryan 13, Carroll 12, Whelan 12, Byrne 11, Kavanagh 11, Kennedy 11, Brennan 10, Kelly 10,
10.

Murphy
Westmeath,

Lynch

14, Farrell 13, Reilly 12,

8, 6,

Dalton

Kelly

8,

Smith
6,

8,

Daly 11, Murray 10, Duffy 9, McCormick 9, Walsh Byrne 7, Carey 7, Dunne 6, Fagan 6, Flynn
6.

9,
6,

Leavy
Wexford,

Murtagh

O'Neill

Murphy

137, Doyle 102,

31,

Roche

Walsh 56, Byrne 46, Cullen 34, Kavanagh 34, Brien 32, Kelly 30, Nolan 30, Redmond 30, Connor 28, Kehoe 28, Ryan 26,

Bolger 25, Whelan 25.

Wicklow,

Byrne 87, Doyle 53, Murphy 26, Kelly 25, Kavanagh 24, Nolan 21, Brien Kehoe 16, Lawler 15, Toole 14, Dunne 13, Farrell 11, Redmond 10.

18,

TheflffTires inserted represent the nnmber of entries in the Births Index, nnder each name (indndlnz varieties), and thus afford TniitAiHslfaTcomDansonas to the relative number of persons of each name. Names where the prefixes "O" and "Mac" have been rat^n^have been combined in this Table with those in which these prefixes have been dropped, the form given in each case being that

most numerously represented.

D2

28

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Registration Province op Munster.

EEGISTEATION OOUNTT.

SUKNAMBS AND NUMBER OP ENTHIES IN BlETHS INDEX FOE

1890.

Clare,

McMahon
Keane

74,
33,

McNamara 61, Moloney 50, O'Briien 47, Mclnerney 39, Kelly Murphy 29, Griffin 27, Halloran 26, Ryan 23, Lynch 22, Clancy 21.

38,

Cork,

Sullivan 418, Murphy 390, McCarthy 277, Mahony 193, Donovan 182, Walsh 143, O'Brien Callaghan 134, Leary 134, Crowley 116, Collins 115, 139, DriscoU 110, Connell 109, Barry 108, Cronin 102, Buckley 100, Daly 97, Sheehan 97, Riordan 94, Kelleher 92, O'Connor 91, Hurley 86, Regan 85, O'Keeffe 84, Harrington 82, Fitzgerald 81, O'Neill 75.
.

JKerry,

Sullivan 349, Connor 188, Shea 146, Murphy gerald 72, Griffin 58, Connell 56, Brosnan

95,

McCarthy

55, Foley 55,

88, Moriarty 74, PitzLeary 47, Clitford 45,

Walsh
Limerick,

45,

Cronin 43, Lynch 41, Mahony 38, Daly 34.

Ryan

91,

O'Corinell 39, O'Donnell 28,

O'Brien 78, Fitzgerald 58, Sullivan 50, Haves 45, Walsh 45, Collins 40, Murphy 38, Moloney 38, O'Connor" 37, Lynch 31, McNamara 31,

Ahem

25.

Tipperary,

Ryan

277, Maher 74, O'Brien 74, Kennedy 70, Dwyer 64, Gleeson 38, McGrath 38, Walsh 38, Kelly 31, Lonergan 31.
125,

Hogan

46,

Hayes

38,

Waterford,

Power

Flynn

Walsh 97, O'Brien 47, Murphy 35, Ryan 35, McGrath 31, Foley 30, 28, Morrissey 27, Kelly 26, Phelan 25, Sullivan 25, Whelan 23, McCarthy 22, Butler 21, Tobin 20.

Registration Province of Ulster.

Antrim,

Smith 134, Johnston 126, Stewart 126, Wilson 119, Thompson 101, O'Neill 98 Campbell 96, Moore 96, Bell 90, Robinson 89, Millar 86, Brown 82, Boyd 8l' Scott 66, Graham 64, Reid 63, Martin 61, Kerr 60, Hamilton 50.
'

Armagh,

Murphy

50, Hughes 47, Wilson 45, Campbell 42, O'Hare 37, Smith 31, McCann 29 Donnelly 28, Watson 28, Quinn 26, Johnston 25, Kelly 25, Thompson 23.

'

Cavan,

Reilly 137, Smith 108, Brady 85, Lynch 51, McCabe 36, Clarke 30, Farrelly 29 Maguire 26, Sheridan 26, Galligan 20, Fitzpatrick 19, Dolan 18, McGovern 18* Donohoe 17, Martin 15, McMahon 15.
'

Donegal,

Gallagher

196, Doherty 160, Boyle 102, O'Donnell 102, McLaughlin 81, Sweenev 50 Kelly 37, McGinley 37, McFadden 33, McGowan 33 Duffv 29*z > J Campbell 28.

Ward
Down,

40,

Thompson

55,

Smith 53,

Campbell 45,

Patterson

41,

^^t^f
Jsell 27,

i^'J^^""^"".. 25. ocott 27, Isoyd li'

30,

^"'^^^

^^'

^^^

21'

Martin 35, Wilson 35 Robinson 29, Hamilton 28,'

'

Fermanagh,

Maguire 44 McManus

Dolan

23,

McGovern

23, Johnston

Cassidy 17 Wilson 15, Thompson 14, Elliott 13, Irvine 13, McLoughlin "^'''''' Gallagher 11, Murphy 11, Reilly 11, Fitzpatrick 10, Flanagan 10.

22,

McHueh

20
12 ^^'

Londonderry,

Doherty 80, McLaughlin 68, Kelly CampbeU 33, Mullan 33, Smith 31,

50,

Bradley 40, Brown 36

O'Neill 29,

Kan;

26,

McCloskov Moore 25 Sagher

Sfi
23'.

Monaghan,

Duffy
22,^

38,

Connolly 36,
19,

McMahon
19,

33,

McKenna
Quinn

32,
18,'

Martin

Smith

Hughes 25 Murnhv 24 M^PoV,.

Kelly

18,

Ma|uLe ]\

M^Iy
33

17,

^S

Tyrone,

Quinn

40^

Mullan 39, Kelly

38,

Donnelly 34, Gallagher 34,

McKenna

0.mr.v,ii

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Registhation Pkotincb of Coknaught.

BEGISTEATION CODNTT.

SUHNAMBS AND NUMBER OF ENTRIES IN BIBTHS INDEX FOR

1890.

Galway,

Kelly

119,

Mannion
Connor
Leitrim,
.

89, Oonneely 89, Joyce 85, McDonagh 80, "Walsh 80, Fahy, 63, 59, Flaherty 48, Murphy 47, Connolly 46, Keane 40, King 36, Forde 35, 33, Lyons 30, Mullin 30, Egan 28, Kenny 27, Toole 25.

Burke

Kelly

Reynolds 30, Flynn 20, McLoughlin 20, McHugh 19, Rooney 18, McMorrow McTernan 17, Keany 16, McGowan 16, Moran 16, Reilly 16, Maguire 15, Dolan 14, Beime 13, Gallagher 13, McDermott 13, McGovem 13, McSharry 13, Mulvey 13.
30, 18,

Mayo,

Walsh

134, Gallagher 92, KeUy 89, Malley 78, Moran 77, Duffy 55, McHale 50, Gibbons 47, Joyce 46, Connor 45, Conway 40, Higgins 39, Murphy 39, Burke 36, Reilly 36, Durkan 35, Doherty 34, McHugh 34, Sweeney 33, Lyons 32.
68,

Roscommon,

Kelly

McDermott 45, Beirne 38, Eegan 35, Flanagan 32, Connor 30, McDonagh Quinn 25, Murray 24, Brennan 22, Higgins 22, Towey 22, Kenny 21, Flynn 20.
26,

Sligo,

Beennan 31, McLoughlin 28, Gallagher 26, Kelly 23, Harte 20, McGowan 18, Walsh 18, Kennedy 16, Durkan 15, Henry 15, Flynn 14, Gilmartin 14, Leonard 14, Scanlon 14, Connolly 13, O'Hara 13, Feeney 11, Stenson 11, Conway 10,
Sheridan, 10.

It will be seen that although the

large, it does

name "Murphy"

is

the most numerous in the country at

not occupy the leading place in

many
it

of the counties.

In the Province of Leinster in

to this

two Counties only

Wexford
:

and.

Carlow

does

stand

first.

With regard
" Celts

name

in the

former County, the Earl of Courtown in a recent paper on the

and Teutons in

Ireland,'

remarks as follows
"

Murphy

is

the Anglicised form of MacMurrough, the old regal family of Leinster. the last

On

the death of

Dermot MacMurrough,

acknowledged King of Leinster, his rights, by English law, passed to his only

legitimate child, Eva, wife of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke,

known

as

Strongbow.

The

legitimate

male line was continued in the descendants of Dermot's brother Morrogh, who continue to hold lands in

North Wexford.

This

name

is

by

far the

most numerous in the county, and

is

found in every part of

it."

In the counties of Dublin, Louth, and Wicklow,

in Kildare
"

"

Byrne "

is

the most

common name, whereas

and King's County, Kelly " heads the list. In Longford and Meath, " Eeilly " is the principal name, and in Kilkenny, " Brennan." In Queen's County, " Dunne " appears at the head of the list, and in Westmeath, " Lynch."
In the Province of Munster, " Sullivan"
in the former county, very closely
is the predominant name in Cork and Kerry, followed, by the name ." Murphy." " Ryan " heads the list in Limerick and and " Power " are the leading names, respectively, in the counties of

Tipperary, while "

McMahon "

Clare and Waterf ord.

In the Province of Ulster in one county only, namely, Armagh, is the name " Murphy " in excess " ;" in Donegal, " Gallagher ;" " of the others. In Antrim, " Smith appears first in Cavan, Reilly
;

and in Down,
"

"

Thompson." The Doherty " stands at the head of DuflFy " and "Quinn," respectively.
"

leading

name in Fermanagh is " Maguire," and in Londonderry, the list. The principal names in Monaghan and Tyrone are

" In the Province of Connaught, in no one county does the name " Murphy occupy the principal In Galway and Roscommon the name " KeUy " takes precedence, and in Leitrim that position. name and " Reynolds " are the first two on the list and equally represented. " Walsh " stands first

ia the county of

Mayo, and

"

Brennan " heads the

list

in Sligo.

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Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Table on pages 31 to 73,
is

An interesting feature connected with the

names

the fact that it exhibits certain

as peculiar to particular provinces or counties.

Some

of these

names may be found

other parts of the country, though not so represented in the Births Index for 1890.

Thus the following names, amongst

BehaD.

others, are principally

found in the Province of Leinster

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Table Showing the Siikkames

these

its

Ibeland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

1890, together with the Niimber in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in which

Names

are principally found arranged according to the

Number

of the

Names

in each.

The Number
the prefixes

of Entries opposite

brackets after the

Names denote the "Mac" and " O " have been

Names marked (*) include number returned according

varieties in spelling.

The

figures

within

to the spelling here given.

Names where

dropped, are shown separately, in this Table, from those in which

these prefixes have been retained.

Entries in the Table

Note.The Estimated Nnmbei of Persons of each Surname in the Population can be by the Average Birth-rate which tor the Year 1890 is 1 in iA'% persons,

ascertained

hy multiplying the Number

of

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Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

in the Birth Indexes of 1890,

Table Showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards
together with the
these

Number

in each Eegistration Province, and the Registration

contvmied.

Counties iu which

Names

are principally found

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in

and Deaths

in Ireland.
in the Birth Indexes

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of

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards

in each Registration Province,
coniimoed.

Number

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

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Appendix

to

the Twenty-ninth

Report of the

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of 1890, together with the Number in each Registration Proviace, and the Registration Counties ic
which these Names are principally found
continued.

NCHBEE OF BNTEIBS
Namet.
Leinster.

IN BlETH INDEXES FOB

1890.

Counties in which prinoipally found. Munster.

Ulster.

Connaught.

*BreenaiO),.

112
16

57

Breheny
*Brennan
"Brereton
Breslin
Brett,

(7),

(336)
(8),

358
15

178
12

(42),

43 20

13
7

Brew,
Briok
(9),
.

Brickley,

Bridget
Brien,

(5),

Briggs(16)
Bright,

Briody,
Britt,
.

"Britton

(9),

Brook,
Broder,

Broderiok

(37),

Brody
Broe,
.

(6),

Brogan,
*BroUyi7),
.

33 8

Brooks
Brophy,

(20),

25 60

Brosnan
Brown,
Browne,

(47),

66
327 146 19
7

Brownlee,
Bruoe,

Bruen,
Bruton,

10

9
(38),
.

Bryan
Bryane,

47
16

Bryson,

9
(20),

Buchanan
Buckley

24
184 12
7

(176),

Buggy,
Buick,

Bullman,
Bunting,
"Burchill
(6).

5
17
7

19

Burke

(353),

357
8

Burnett (7),

Bums (215),
Burnside,
Burrell,

219

8
5
(15),

Burrows
Burton,
Bustard,
"Butler

19
10
7

(168),
.

172 7 10

Bntterfleld,

Byers,

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sho\rfcig the

Surnames in Ikbland having Five Entries and upwards

in the Birth Indexes of

1890, together with the

Number

in

each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

continued.

which these Names are principally found

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Appendix

to

the Twenty-ninth

Report of

the
in the Birth Jndexes of

Table showiDg the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards
1890, together with the

Number

in each Registration Province, and the Registration

Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

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'TABr,E

37

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of 1890, together with the Number in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in
showing the

Surnames

in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

38

Apjjendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

in the Birth

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards
1890, together with the

Indexes of
in

Number

in each Registration Province,

and the Eegistration Counties

wbich these Names are principally found

continued.

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Table showing the Surnames in Ireland haying Five Entries and upwards
1890, together
in the

39

Birth Indexes of

with the

Number

in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

continued.

which these Names are principally found

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Appendix
in

to the

Twenty-ninth Report oj the

Table showing the Surnames

1890,
together with the

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in each Registration Province,

Number

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

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Table showing the Surnames
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in

41

Ireland
in

liaving

Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in

with the

Number

each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties

continued.

which these Names are principally found

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Appendix
in

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Table showing the Surnames

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of in 1890, together with the Number in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties
continued.

which these Names are principally found

Number of Entries
Xames.

in Birth indexes for

1890.

IRELAND.

Leinater.

Munster.

Doyle,
Drain,

Drake,
Draper,

Drennan Drew,

(19),

DriscoU (120X

Drohan,
Drought,

Drum (12),
Dnunmond,

Dmmmy (6),

Dmry (10),
Duddy,
Dudgeon,

Dudley
Duff

(5),
.

(41),

Duffln,

Duffy

(282),
(18),

Dugan
Duggan,
Duhig,

Duignan
Duke,

(21),

Dullaghau,
Dullard,
Dullea,

'Duntar

(17),

Duncan
Dundon,
Dunlea,

(35),

Dunleavy
Dunlop,

(27),

Dunne

(313) Dunn

(51),

Dunphy,

Dnnwoody,

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ia the

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Birth Indexes of

Number

in each Registration Province, and the Eegistration Counties in

contirmed.

which these Names are principally found

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Tabj.e

Appendix

to

the

Twenty^inth Report of

the

showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

1890, together with the

Number

in

each Registration Province; and the Eegistration Counties in

continued.

which these Names

are principally found

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Number

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in
continued.

which these Names are principally found

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to

the Twenty-ninth

Report of

the

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and Upwards in the Birth Indexes of 1890, together with the Number in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in
which these Names are principally found
conUwued.

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Table showing

the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and

upwards in the Birth Indexes of

1890, together

with the

Number

in'

each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

contirvued.

which these Names are principally found

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Appendix
in

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of ike

of"

Table showing the Surnames

1890,

Ieeland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes

together with the

Number

in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

continued.

which these Names are principally found

Names.

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1890, together with
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Registration Province,
continued.

49
Indexes of

in the Birth

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

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in

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Table showing the Surnames

1890, together with the

Number

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in
continued.

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in the Birth Indexes of

Number

in each Registration
continued.

Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

Number of Entbies in Bibth Indbies foe

Names. Ireland.
Leinster.

1890.

Counties in which principally found.

Munster.

Ulster.

Connaught

Hoyno
Hudson,

(5),

6 23 8

6
15

Kilkenny.
3
1

Dublin.

Huggard,

2
5S

Hughes
Hughey,
Hull,
.

(328),

331

180

Armagh, Antrim, Dublin, Tyrone, Monaghan, way, and Mayo.

Tyrone.

Gtel-

6
10
.

6 9
1

Antrim and Armagh.

Antrim.

*Hume(8),

10
(15),

9
7

Humphries
Hunt,
Hunter,

32

18

Armagh and Dublin.

42

76
95
(129),

14
7

16

4 80

Mayo, Roscommon, Dublin, and Waterford.

Antrim, Londonderry, and Down.
86 in Corl^ 10 in Waterford, 9 in Dublin,

4
113

*Hurley
Hurson,
Hurst,

134

IS

6 3
5
1

and

6 in

5
10
(21),

2
1 7 13

Gal way. Longford and Tyrone.

4

*Hussey

26 64
15

Kerry, Galway, and Roscommon.

Hutchinson (44) Hutehi

son (15). Hntton,

45
11

Londonderry, Antrim, Down, and Dublin.

4
1

Antrim and Londonderry.

Hyde

(11),

15

7 5
14 13

Cork and Antrim.

Mayo, Dublin, and Queen's.
8 in
37

Hyland,

55
.

Hyndman,
Hynes
Igoe
(81),

14

Antrim and 5 in Londonderry,

83

20

20

Galway, Clare, Mayo, and Dublin.

3 in Longford, 3 in

(6),

10 13 21

3
1
1

7
11

Mayo, and 3 in Roscommon.

Ingram
Ireland,

(12),

9 in Antrim,

1
1

17

Antrim and Armagh.

Antrim and Fermanagh.

Irvine

(66),

68
lis

3 3
8

Irwin,
Ivers
(8),
.

12

96

Armagh, Antrim, Tyrone, and Londonderry.

Dublin and Louth.
Dublin.

11

Ivory
lack,

(8),

9 8
101

8
1

2
12

S
60

''Jaekson (100),

20

Jacoh Jagoe

(9), (4),

11

Dublin. In Mnnster, Cork contributes the largest number, and in Connaught, Mayo. Dublin.
5 in Cork.

Scattered, but chiefly found in Antrim,

Armagh and

6
12

5
7
10

James,

2
I

3
41 "

Jameson 'Jamison (24) (20)Jamieson (7)

Jeflers
(12),
(25),
.

52
16

Jamison" and "Jamieson," 16 in Antrim and 9 in

Down"Jameson,"

Dublin.

4 6 6

6
1

3
19
1

Jenkins

Antrim and Dublin.

Dublin.
34

Jenkinxon,
Jennings
Jess,
.

(61),

6
7

12

7
18 21
4

About 75 per Armagh. AH in Down.

cent, in

Mayo, Galway, Cork, and.

Johnson,

58
341

16
281

Cork, Dublin, and Antrim.

13

A scattered name.

Johnston (320)Johnstone
(21).

43

Jolly,
J-ones,

5
152

"Johnston," Antrim, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, and Dublin, but found in nearly every County in Ireland. " Johnstone," Cavan and Londondeiry. Dublin.

60

38

45

9
31
1

Though found in nearly every County, considerablymore than half are in Dublin, Cork, Antrim, and
Dublin, Mayo, Antrim and Galway.

"Jordan
Joy
(14),

(91),
.

98
15

36
1

10 10 17
1

21

3
1

Waterford.
85 in

Joyce,

164

IS

131

Galway and 46 in Mayo.

Judge,

30

6
96

14

Mayo, Dublin, and Tyrone.

Antrim, Londonderry, and Dublin.
Dublin, Wexford, and WicklowDublin alone containing 60 per cent, of the entries in Leinster.
11 in

"Kane

(175),

190
(230),

S7 205

10

27

Kavanagh
Keady,

274
16

27

20
12

2
13
1

2
113

Galway.

Keane

6
8

70 24
21

Galway, Clare, Kerry, and Mayo.

Leitrim, Galway,

(185)
(18),

and Donegal,
chiefly in Dublin,

Keany

Kearney

(137),

147

50

31

45

Found all over Ireland but and Antrim.

Cork

G2

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in

to the

Twenty-ninth Report oj the

in the Bii-th Indexes of

Table showing the Surnames

1890, together with the

Ibbland having Five Entries and upwards

in

Number

each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

continued.

which these Karnes are principally found

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of

Ireland having Five Entries and npwards in the Birth Indexes

continued.

Number

in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

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to

the Twenty-ninth

Report oj the

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of
1890, together with the

Number

in each Registration
continued.

Province, and the Registration

Counties in

which these Names are principally found

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and Deaths

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Indexes of

Tablk showing the Surnames in Irejand having Five Entries and upwards
1890, together with the

Number

in each Registration Province, and

continued.

the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

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Appendix
ly

to

the Twenty-ninth

Report of

the
of

Table showing the Surnames

1890, together with the

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes

in

Number

each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties iu

continued.

which these Names are principally found

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of

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards
1890,
together with the

Number

in each Registration Province,

continued.

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

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Table
sho-wing the

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report oj the

Surnames in Ieelanb having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

1890, together with the

Number

in

each

Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

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the
in

59

Ireland liavmg Five Entries and upwards

in each

in the Birth Indexes of

Number

Registration

Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

Ndmbeb of Entbibs
Names.

in Birth Indexes foe

1890.

Counties in which principally found.

IBELAND.

Leinster.

Munater.

Ulster.

Oonnaught

*MoGahey

(12),

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Table stowing the Surnames in Ieeland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of
1890, together with the

Number

in each

Registration

Province,

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

NUMBBK OP ENTRIES
Names.

IN BIETH INDEXES

FOE

1890.

Counties in which principally found.

IKELAND.

Leinster.

Munster.

Dlster.

Connanglit

Mclntosli,

Antrim.

Melntyre

(42),

68

34 23

15

Londonderry, Antrim, and

Sligo.

Molvor

(19),

Tyrone and Londonderry.

McKane,

5
(53),

McKay
MeKeag

64
16

56
16
1

Antrim.

(11),

McKee
MoKeever
(30),
(21),
.

96 34 24
19 201

93
26

Antrim, Down, and Armagh.

7
1

Londonderry and Antrim.

MoKelvey

23
19
17 in

MoKendry,

Antrim.
>

MoKenna,
"McKenzie

37
7

134
13 1

(21),

22
13
175

Antrim, Monaghan, Tyrone, Kerry, Armagh, Dublin and Louth. Antrim and Dublin.

MoKeogh

(12),

8 33

Westmeath.
25
"

MoKeown (119)MoKeon (40)MoKeone (12),

'MoKernan (12),
MoKevitt,
'MoKibbiii (14)

115

McKeown," Antrim, Down, Armagh, Londonderry, and Louth "MoKeon" and " MoKeone," Leitrim and Louth.

18

17

9 20

3
20

6 in Loath.
13 in

Down and 7

in Antrim.

McKieman,
MoKfflen

9
9
35
42
11
(5),'

6 9
32
42
11
"

(8),

MoKillen," all in Antrim.

MoKinley

(23)
(37),
,

Antrim and Donegal.

Antrim and Tyrone.
9 in

MoKinney
McKinstry,

Antrim and

2 in

Down

"MoKitterick

9
39
13

McKnight

(38)

31
13

Antrim and Down.

9 in Antrim. 94
"

McLarnon
non (5). McLaughlin
Loughlin

(8)McClar-

(191)-Mc-

391

62

(170).

McLaughlin," about 75 per cent, in Antrim, Donegal, and Londonderry a few in Tyrone, but very few elsewhere. "McLoughlin," chiefly in Dublin and the Counties of Connaught, but found scattered throughout .Ireland generally.

MoLemon,

'McLoone(9),

10

10

8 in Donegal.

'MoMahon

(236),

241

34

118

3 6

Clare,

Monaghan, Limerick, and Dublin.

MoManamon,
"MoManus
McMaster,
(129),
.

6
138
19

All in

Mayo.

28 37
1 1
1

Fermanagh.

38
7
(34),

Antrim and Down.

Antrim.
22 in

MeMeekin,

6
34

*McMenaniin
MoMichael,
(11).
.

36
5

Donegal and

10 in

Tyrone.

5
25
13 12
1

"McMillen (12)-McMillan

26
13 12 21

Antrim and Down

8 in Antrim.

*MoMinn

(12), (10),

"McMonagle

Donegal.
19
1
1

McMorrow,
MoMullan
(80),

17 in Leitrim.

108 19 7
10

99
18
7 7

Antrim and Down. Antrim and Armagh.

All in Antrim.

McMurray
McMnrtry

(16),
(6),

"MoNabb
MoNair,

(8),

5 101 192

4
27

Antrim.

*McNaJly (72) MoAnally

(23).

3
118

59
12

12

Antrim, Armagh, Monaghan, and Dublin.

Clare, Limerick,

"MoNamara
McNamee,
McNeiee
(8).

(175),
.

34

Mayo, Dublin, and Cork.

40

26
15
1

Londonderry.
Antrim.

(8)
(53),

MoNiooe

16

McNeill

68
7

46
7

Antrim and Londonderry.

6 in

McNeilly,

Antrim and

1 in

Down.

McNelis,

8
32 13

All in Donegal. All in

McNicholas,

Mayo.

'MoNiokle

(10),

Tyrone.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

61

'Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of
1890, together with the

Number

in each

Eegistration Province, and

continued.

the

Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

NOMBBK OF Entries
Names.

in Birth Indexes for

1890.

Counties in wUcli principally foxmd.

Ireland.

Leinster.

Munster.

Ulster.

Oonnaught

MeNifl

(13),

14

MoNinoh,
*McNiilty
(59),
(6),

5 69 8 55
17

"McPaden

MoParland(Zt)MePartlan (12)McParUin (11).

xMoPhillips
(13),

MoPolin,

5 55 33
7

McQuaid (28)-MoQuade
(28).

>MoQaiUau
"MoQninn

(30),

(5),

McQniston,

5 5

MeEedmond,
MoReynolds,
MoRoterts,
.

9 9
34
.

MeShane,
MoSharry,
MoSlieTry,

29
10 15 10

McSorley,

'M'Stay

(9),

McStraTiok,

6
(13),

MoSweeney
McTernan

29
20
19

27

(16),

MoTigne (12)MoTague (4)McTeague (3). "McVeigh (47),

MoVicker
MoWatters,
(10),
'
.

68 13 6 8
7

'McWeeney

(6),

^MoWhinney
McWhirter,
.

(6),

5
(40),
.

'McWiUiams
Mead6
(24),

43 25 34

Meany

(25), (21),

Meara (33)Mara

54
15

Mee

(10)Mea
(11),

(5),

'Meegan

12
121

Meehan

(112),

Meek,

'Meenan
Meliarg,
Melia,

(9),

14

5
11

'Mellon

(11),

12
5

Melody,
Melville,

6
11

Melvin,

Mercer,

22
(5),

Meredith
*Merriok

7 7 7

3 2 5
4

(6),

Merrigan,
Metcall
(7),

9
9

Meyler,

8 2 22

'Middleton

(5),

6
166

Millar (87)-MiUer (79)

MUlen,

10
(22)

MiUigan
(17).

- Milliken

40

62

Appendix
in

to

the Twenty-ninth

Report of

the

Table showing the Surnames

1890, together with the

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in each

Number

Registration
continued.

Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

Table, shawing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and Upwards in the Birth Indexes
1890, together -with
the

63
of

Number

in each Registration
continued.

Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

64

Appendix
in

to

the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Table showing the Surnames

1890, together with the

Ireland having Five Entries and Upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in each Registration Province,
continued.

Number

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards
1890, together with the
in

65

the Birth Indexes of

Number

in each Kegistration Province,

and the Registration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

66

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

in the Birth

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards
1890, together

Indexes of
Counties in

with the

Number

in each Eegistration Province, and the Registration

continued.

which these Names are principally found

Registrar-General oj Ma/rriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

Table showing the Surnames
1890, together with the
in

67

Ieeland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in each

Numher

Registration Province, and the Registration

Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

68

Appendix

to

the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Table shoving the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of
1890, together with the

Number

in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in

continued.

which these Names are principally found

Names.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

Table
sho-wing the

69

Surnames

in

Ibeland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties in
continued.

1890, together with the

Number

which these Names are principally found

Names.

70

Appendix

to the

Twenty-ninth Report of the

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of
1890, together with the

Number

in each Registration

Province, and the Registration Counties in

which these IsTames are principally found

continued.

Ndmbee of Bntbies
Names.

in Bikth Indexes fob

1890.

Oountiea in which principally found.

IBBLAND.

Leinster.

Munster.

Ulster.

Gonnanght

Spence
Spencer,

(57),

58 19

3
10
1

3 7
12
1

52

33 in

Antrim and

11 in

Down.

Dublin and Cork.

I

SpiUane,
Spiatt,

U U
6
17

23 in

Cork and

II in Kerry.

13

Antrim.

Spring,
Spronle,
Stflcey,

2
3 1

2
10 in Tyrone.
I

5
51

Stack,
Stafford,

53 22

29 in Kerry, 10 in Cork,

and

10 in Limerick.

33
(20),

9
1

Wexford and Dublin.

Dublin.
13
" Stanton," 17 in Mayo and 11 in 11 in Mayo and 8 in Qalway.

Stanley

21

9
6 18

8
16 10

Stanton
(28).

(39)
.

Staunton

67
28 ID

Cork-" Staunton,"

Stapleton,
"Starrett
(7),

Tipperary and Kilkenny.

10
17

6 in
33 in

Antrim and Antrim and

3 in

Londonderry.

Steele (37)Steel (17),

51

8 in

Londonderry.

Steen,

6
19
15

6
19

Steenson,

Antrim and Armagh.

12
11 11 in Sligo.

StenBon,

3
12

Stephens

(32),

36
106

5 2
10

8
92

Mayo.
Antrim, Armagh, and Down. Antrim, Down, Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone.

Stevenson (81), StephenBon (20), Stewart (236),

Stinson,
Stirling (9) Sterling
Stitt,
.

8
11

255
12

228
11

6
I

(7),

16
12

1 I 1

IS
11

11 in

Antrim.

9 in Antrim.

St John,
St Leger
(5),
.

10
7 7

Tipperary.

1
I

Stockman,
Stokes,

6
13
I

28
(7),
.

10

3
1

Stone

12
13
II

Storey

(9),

3
5

10

8 in Antrim.

Strahan (9),
Strain,
.

6
11

11

Down.
5 in Antrim.

Strange,
Stringer,

6 9
15

5
5

1 6

Strong

(12),

2 6
5 in Clare

Studdert,

6
8
23 53

and

in Kerry.

Sturgeon,

Sngrue

(21),

23

22 in 15 18

Kerry and

in Cork.

SuUivan

(838),

763

Sunderland,

In every County of Munster, S73 of the entries beingin Cork and 295 in Kerry-In Leinster, Dublin haa the largest number in Ulster, Antrim and in Connaught, Galway. Wexford.
; ;

Supple

(5),

6
10

*Surgeoner (5) Surgenor

(4).

9 in Antrim.

Sutherland,
Sutton,

6
27
19
I

Dublin, Wexford, and Cork.

Swan

(19),

23
7

9
2
29

U
5
82
1
I

Dublin and Antrim.

>

Swanton,

in

Cork and 2 in Dublin.

Sweeney (166)Sweeny
(82).

251
8

70

73

Cork, Donegal, Mayo, and Kerry.

Sweetman
Swift,

(6),

1
1

Cork and Dublin.

Mayo.

12
7

Switzer,

1 8

3
Dublin.

Swords,

Taafte

(11),

15 12 18

7
1

raggart(27),
Talbot
(17),

39

Antrim.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards 1890, together with the Number in each Registration Province, and the which these Names are principally found continued.
in the Birth

71
Indexes of

Registration Counties in

72

Appendix

to

Tioenty-ninth Report 0/ the

Table showing the Surnames in Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of 1890, together with the Number in each Registration Province, and the Registration Counties iu
which these Names are principally found
continued.

Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Ireland.

Table showing the Surnames
1890, together with the
in

73

Ireland having Five Entries and upwards in the Birth Indexes of

in each Registration

Number

Province,

and the Eegistration Counties in

which these Names are principally found

continued.

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OF THE

REGISTRAEGENEIUL OF MAREIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS

IN IRELAND.

SPECIAL REPORT
ON

SURNAMES IN IRELAND,
WITH

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