No Bly households in Griffith's.
| 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. |
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