Bracken


Bracken 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

Bracken numerous: Midlands etc. Ir. Ó Breacáin, breac = speckled. A sept located on the borders of Kildare and Offaly in the Middle Ages and still flourishing there.MIF.
Ó Breacáin Bracken: líonmhar: Áth Cliath, Lár na Tíre, Béal Feirste. Bhí an chlann sa suite sa dúiche idir Uíbh Fhailí agus Cill Dara sa mheán-aois. Tá baile darab ainm Breacánach ann go fóill. De réir dealraimh, tá an sloinne bunaithe ar an aidiacht "breac". MIF.

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