Harris Irish genealogy records

Harris households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

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

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Antrim:	13	Armagh:	23	Belfast city:	12	Carlow:	7
Cavan:	4	Clare:	2	Cork:	62	Cork city:	25
Derry:	8	Donegal:	7	Down:	28	Dublin:	31
Dublin city:	17	Fermanagh:	3	Galway:	3	Kerry:	19
Kildare:	19	Kilkenny:	5	Laois:	14	Leitrim:	8
Limerick:	21	Longford:	10	Louth:	3	Mayo:	1
Meath:	4	Monaghan:	12	Offaly:	3	Roscommon:	5
Sligo:	1	Tipperary:	8	Tyrone:	14	Waterford:	18
Westmeath:	11	Wexford:	28	Wicklow:	10

Surname Dictionary

Harris

Very numerous: all areas especially Ulster. Ir. Ó h-Earchaidh. The name is usually of English origin and relating to the Plantation of Ulster. In Connacht it may be an anglicisation of the indigenous name. This also applies to Harrison. SI & SGG.

Parishes where Harris and a second surname are found together

Variants in Griffith's
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Harris: 459
Harriss: 4

Non-Griffith's Variants

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Haris
Harres
Harrese
Harries
Harrys
Harryse
Haryse
Hearris