Banigan


Banigan households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map

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Surname Dictionary

Banaghan rare: N.Tipperary. See Banahan.
Banahan fairly rare: E.Connacht etc. Ir. Ó Beannacháin, beannach = horned. Associated with Sligo. Alleged to be descended from the Fir Bolg.MIF.
Ó Beannacháin Banaghan: líon beag in oirthear Chonnacht le "Banahan"; fíor-annamh i dTiobraid Árann thuaidh le "Banaghan". Beannach = le h-adharca. SGG.

Variants in Griffith's
& total households

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Non-Griffith's Variants

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