Gilway


Gilway 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

Gilloway rare: Derry etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Bhuí, buí, sallow. Also MacElwee. SGG.
MacElwee Quite numerous: Derry-Tyrone-Donegal etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Bhuí (golden youth). Also as Mac Ilwee and Mac Gilloway, q.v.
MacGilloway Quite numerous: City of Derry, Donegal. Ir. Mac Giolla Bhuidhe, "golden youth". See also Mac Elwee.
MacIlwee Quite numerous: Antrim-Derry-Tyrone etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Bhuí, yellow or golden youth. See also Mac Gilloway.

Variants in Griffith's
& total households

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Non-Griffith's Variants

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