Gillroy


Gillroy 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

Gilroy numerous: N Connacht, Donegal, Cavan etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Rua, (rua is red, of hair etc). A sept of Fermanagh, more numerous as MacElroy in Ulster and as Kilroy in Connacht. SI & IF.
Kilroy numerous: Galway-Roscommon-Sligo, Midlands etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Rua (red-haired servant). See also Gilroy.

Variants in Griffith's
& total households

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Non-Griffith's Variants

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