| Armagh: | 1 | Belfast city: | 6 | Cavan: | 1 | Cork: | 10 |
| Cork city: | 1 | Derry: | 3 | Donegal: | 1 | Down: | 2 |
| Dublin: | 5 | Dublin city: | 2 | Galway: | 4 | Kerry: | 13 |
| Kildare: | 3 | Limerick: | 1 | Tipperary: | 3 | Tyrone: | 9 |
| Waterford: | 10 | Wexford: | 6 | Wicklow: | 1 |
| Giles | numerous: Down & Tyrone, Meath-W Meath, Cork etc. Ir. Ó Glaisne; Glaisne was an early first name favoured in Ulster. The surname was associated with Louth. Elsewhere the name may be English, being derived there from a 6 cent French saint. There is a long association with Cork, where the name survives. SI. |
| Gyles | rare: Louth. Ir. Ó Glaisne, perhaps from glaisin, woad. See also Giles. |
| Ó Glaisne | Giles: Bhíodh an t-ainm Glaisne i bhfeidhm i gCúige Uladh agus bhí an sloinne a bhaineann leis i Lú. Is de bhunadh Sasanach an chuid is mó de mhuintir Giles, atá cuíosach líonmhar: Ulaidh, Lár na Tíre, Corcaigh. Duine de mhuintir Chorcaí a thuill clú agus cáil is ea an scríbhneoir agus craoltóir, Risteard Ó Glaisne, rug. 1927. |
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