Coley


Coley 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

Colley rare: Dublin etc. English, 16 cent, related to the Wellesleys all of whom were settled in the Midlands. The name is also Ir. Ó Colla in Connacht but MacLysaght quotes a sept of Roscommon called Mac Cúille or Mac Giolla Chúille as another origin. MIF.
Ó Colla Colley: líon beag: Áth Cliath & rl. Is cosúil gur Sasanaigh Muintir Colley a tháinig sa 16 céad agus fuair seilbh agus sloinne Wellesley níos déanaí. Bhí, ámh, sloinne Gaelach i gConnachta. Luann Mac Giolla Iasachta Mac Cúille agus Mac Giolla Chúille, leis.

Variants in Griffith's
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