Antrim: | 1 | Armagh: | 8 | Clare: | 2 | Cork: | 24 |
Derry: | 4 | Down: | 1 | Galway: | 114 | Laois: | 1 |
Leitrim: | 5 | Limerick: | 1 | Longford: | 3 | Mayo: | 68 |
Roscommon: | 102 | Sligo: | 21 | Tipperary: | 5 | Tyrone: | 1 |
Waterford: | 1 | Westmeath: | 10 | Wexford: | 1 |
Connaire | fairly rare: Galway etc. Ir. Ó Conaire. This is generally a Munster name, Connery but there also a Connacht version, Conry, which may refer to Ó Maolconaire, a literary family attached to the kings of Connacht. MacLysacht deals with this at some length in his "Irish Families". |
Conroy | numerous: Ulster, Leinster, Connacht. It relates to various Irish names: Mac Conraoi, Ó Conraoi, Ó Conaire, Ó Maolconaire. See Connery, King. IF. |
Conry | fairly rare: mainly Connacht. Ir. Mac Conraoi etc. A variant of Conroy. Cú Raoi was an old personal name. GPN. |
Mac Conraoi | Conroy, King: líonmhar ach bhí Mac Conraoi i nGaillimh agus sa Chlár. Leis an mí-aistriú "King", cuirtear casadh eile agus breis doiléire sa scéal.SI. |
Mulconry | rare: Clare-Limerick etc. Ir. Ó Maolchonaire, from early first name Conaire. A renowned family of historians in Connacht, including one of the "Four Masters". It has been abbreviated to Conry in some cases. IF. |
Ó Conratha | Conroy: fíor-annamh: Conrahy a bhí orthu roimhe seo. As Uíbh Fhailí dóibh. Luaitear Mac Conratha leis an sloinne seo, freisin. Fréamh: cú + rath ?SGG. |
Parishes where Conry and a second surname are found together
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