Keely

Keely households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Antrim:2Armagh:3Belfast city:1Carlow:9
Cavan:2Clare:1Cork:10Cork city:1
Derry:6Donegal:1Dublin:11Dublin city:12
Fermanagh:2Galway:38Kerry:1Kildare:9
Kilkenny:4Laois:3Leitrim:1Limerick:3
Louth:1Mayo:3Meath:12Monaghan:21
Offaly:5Roscommon:5Sligo:3Tipperary:10
Tyrone:3Waterford:7Westmeath:4Wexford:14
Wicklow:5

Surname Dictionary

Kealey Quite numerous: Derry, Midlands etc. Ir. Ó Caollaidhe, Ó Céile. The former was connected with Kilkenny, the latter with Meath. See Kealy.
Kealy numerous: Leinster generally, Dublin. Ir. Ó Caollaidhe (Caollaí). A sept of Kilkenny but also possibly Ó Céile who belonged to Meath-Louth. See Queally and Kiely. MIF.
Keeley fairly numerous: N Leinster, S Ulster, Galway-Mayo etc. Ir. Ó Caollaidhe, Ó Céile. See Kealy but those of Connacht may be Ó Cadhla. MIF.
Kiely Very numerous: Cork-Waterford-S Limerick etc. Ir. Ó Cadhla (graceful). MacLysaght discusses this name at some length in More Irish Families.
O'Kiely Very rare: Athy (Kildare). Ir. Ó Cadhla. See Kiely.

Parishes where Keely and a second surname are found together

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