Bray Irish genealogy records

Bray households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

All variants of Bray

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

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Antrim:	3	Cavan:	8	Clare:	1	Cork:	6
Donegal:	1	Down:	1	Dublin:	7	Dublin city:	4
Kildare:	1	Kilkenny:	11	Laois:	11	Limerick:	17
Limerick city:	1	Longford:	1	Louth:	6	Meath:	19
Monaghan:	1	Offaly:	2	Roscommon:	1	Sligo:	2
Tipperary:	14	Waterford:	3	Westmeath:	19	Wicklow:	2

Surname Dictionary

Bray

fairly numerous: Midlands etc. Ir. (1) de Bré, (2) Ó Breaghaigh, mod. Ó Bré. The former an English toponymic also occurring as Bree; the latter a native name meaning a person from Breagh,(anglicised Bregia) a territory in Meath, but it occurs mainly in Connacht, whereas de Bré is associated mainly with Leinster. SI & SGG.

Parishes where Bray and a second surname are found together

Variants in Griffith's
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Brae: 3
Bray: 142

Non-Griffith's Variants

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Brey
Broay