Fox

Fox households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Antrim:6Armagh:61Belfast city:12Carlow:19
Cavan:60Clare:34Cork:47Cork city:1
Derry:3Donegal:20Down:16Dublin:71
Dublin city:35Fermanagh:17Galway:44Kerry:5
Kildare:53Kilkenny:20Laois:15Leitrim:85
Limerick:30Longford:55Louth:9Mayo:49
Meath:123Monaghan:57Offaly:75Roscommon:60
Sligo:33Tipperary:56Tyrone:114Waterford:13
Westmeath:88Wexford:7Wicklow:47

Surname Dictionary

de Bhosc Fox: an-líonmhar tríd an dtír. Cuid acu Sasanaigh a chuir fúthu i Luimneach - féach Móin an Bhoscaigh in aice le Cill Mocheallóg. Ach bhaineann a bhformhór le clanna Gaelacha ar nós Ó Catharnaigh (An Mhí); Mac an t-Sionnaigh (Dún na nGall); Sionnach (Corcaigh). Leagain ghalldaithe: Kearney; Tinney; Fox & rl. IF & SGG.
Fox Very numerous: all areas, especially Ulster. There are a number of Irish names: Sionnach, Mac an tSionnaigh, Ó Sionnaigh, Ó Catharnaigh, which have been anglicised Fox. Also there were English settlers in Limerick who gave their name to Móin an Bhoscaigh, i.e. Mount Fox. IF & SGG.
Mac an t-Sionnaigh Tinney: líon beag: Tír Chonaill-Doire-Tír Eoghain, Sligeach. Ard Mhacha a n-áit dúchais. Deineadh Fox díobh cuid mhaith, ar ndóigh.
Tinney Quite numerous: Donegal-Derry-Tyrone, Sligo etc. Ir. Mac an t-Sionnaigh, from sionnach, fox. It has been anglicised Fox in some areas.

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