Higgins

Higgins households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

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

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Antrim:	45	Armagh:	8	Belfast city:	25	Carlow:	8
Cavan:	36	Clare:	50	Cork:	169	Cork city:	13
Derry:	39	Donegal:	25	Down:	53	Dublin:	24
Dublin city:	27	Fermanagh:	21	Galway:	248	Kerry:	49
Kildare:	47	Kilkenny:	11	Laois:	44	Leitrim:	65
Limerick:	60	Longford:	39	Louth:	13	Mayo:	242
Meath:	24	Monaghan:	18	Offaly:	32	Roscommon:	178
Sligo:	144	Tipperary:	44	Tyrone:	29	Waterford:	47
Westmeath:	36	Wexford:	33	Wicklow:	19

Surname Dictionary

Higgans	rare: Down, Dublin. See Higgins. Also possibly English, cognate with Hicks, q.v.
Higgins	Very numerous: all areas especially Connacht and Ulster. Ir. Ó h-Uiginn, uiging, a viking or sea-rover. A branch of the Southern Uí Néill, they moved to Connacht; a literary family noted for their poetic ability, they were later prominent in S America. IF & SGG.
O h-Uiginn	rare: Dublin etc. Ir.Lang. See Higgins.
O'Higgins	fairly numerous: Galway-Mayo, N Leinster etc. Ir. Ó h-Uiginn, ? Viking. They were a sept of the Southern Uí Néill in W Meath, they were displaced to Sligo but flourished as a literary family. The name was notable in Spain and S America. IF.

The surname

Higgins
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O'Higgins
(archived)

Parishes where Higgins and a second surname are found together

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