Farrell

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

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Antrim:	13	Armagh:	41	Belfast city:	21	Carlow:	87
Cavan:	35	Clare:	35	Cork:	100	Cork city:	13
Derry:	29	Donegal:	37	Down:	40	Dublin:	167
Dublin city:	141	Fermanagh:	25	Galway:	152	Kerry:	28
Kildare:	211	Kilkenny:	151	Laois:	123	Leitrim:	61
Limerick:	93	Limerick city:	11	Longford:	510	Louth:	79
Mayo:	53	Meath:	180	Monaghan:	45	Offaly:	101
Roscommon:	222	Sligo:	50	Tipperary:	140	Tyrone:	50
Waterford:	89	Westmeath:	179	Wexford:	95	Wicklow:	141

Surname Dictionary

Farrell	Very numerous: all areas but least in Cork. Ir. Ó Fearghail (man of valour). Mediaeval septs were in Longford, Tyrone, Wicklow. Also appears as O'Farrell, O'Ferrall, Frahill.
Ferrall	Very rare: Longford. See Farrell.
Ó Fearghail	rare: Dublin etc. See Farrell & Farrelly.
Ó Fearghail	O'Farrell, Farrell: líonmhar ar fud na tíre, sa Lár ach go h-áirithe. Bhí an chlann ba thábhachtaí i Longfort agus bhíodar chun tosaigh i saol na h-Éireann riamh is choíche. Bhí dhá bhrainse díobh: Buí & Bán. Clanna eile i gCill Mhantáin & Tír Eoghain. An bhrí: fear + gal (fuinneamh). Dob'í Anghaile (Longfort) a gcríoch faoi leith. IF.
O'Farrell	numerous: all areas, especially Midlands and Munster. Ir. Ó Fearghaill (man of valour). A major sept of Longford. See also Farrell. IF.
O'Ferrall	Very rare: Dublin. Ir. Ó Fearghail. See O'Farrell and Farrell.

Maps

The surname

Farrell
Farrell
(archived)
Farrell
Wexford

Parishes where Farrell and a second surname are found together

Variants in Griffith's
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Non-Griffith's Variants

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