MacAteer


MacAteer 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

Mac an t-Saoir Mac Ateer: líonmhar: Cúige Uladh. Tá Baile Mhac an t-Saoir in Ard Mhacha ach ní foláir go raibh an sloinne coitianta sa mheán-aois. Sa 6 céad, bhí mac an t-saoir ar Chiarán, bunaitheoir Chluain Mhic Nóis. Is sloinne Albanach é, leis, faoin leagan Mac Intyre, atá líonmhar in Ulaidh, i nDoire go sonrach. Trí aistriúchán deineadh Carpenter agus Freeman díobh, áiteanna. SGG.
MacAteer numerous: Ulster generally, etc. Ir. Mac an t-Saoir, "son of the craftsman". The corresponding Scottish name is Mac Intyre, also widespread in Ulster. MIF.
Mateer fairly numerous: Down-Antrim etc. An abbreviation of Mac Ateer, q.v.
Matier Quite numerous: Down, Belfast etc. Variant of Mac Ateer, q.v.

Variants in Griffith's
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