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Blithe


Blithe 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

Bligh Quite numerous: Dublin, Midlands, Connacht. Ir. Ó Blighe (Blí) (from a Norse name) in Connacht, otherwise of English origin from the place Blyth or the adjective "blithe", in the latter instances the Irish version is de Blaghd. See also Blythe. SI.
Blyth Quite numerous: Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway. Ir. Ó Blighe in Connacht, otherwise it is an English toponymic or adjectival "blithe". The gaelicisation of this is de Blaghd. See also Bligh.
de Blaghd Very rare: Dublin. Ir. Lang. See Blythe.
de Blaghd Blythe: líon beag: Áth Cliath, Béal Feirste, Corcaigh, Gaillimh. Sloinne Sasanach taobh amuigh de Chonnachta, áit inar ngalldú ar Ó Blighe é. Iomráiteach faoin scríbhneoir, polaiteoir agus fear amharclainne, Earnán de Blaghd (1889-1975).
Ó Blighe Bligh,-e: líon beag: Áth Cliath, Lár na Tíre, Connachta. Luann Mac Firbisigh dhá chlann i gConnachta a bhain le sean-uaisle na tíre. Ceaptar gur ó ainm pearsanta Lochlannach Bligr é. Dar ndó, tá an sloinne Sasanach ann, leis. Féach de Blaghd.


Parishes where Blithe and a second surname are found together

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Variants in Griffith's
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Non-Griffith's Variants

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