Maguire
Maguire households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland
Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map
Click on a county to see more detail| Antrim: | 19 | Armagh: | 46 | Belfast city: | 39 | Carlow: | 11 |
| Cavan: | 288 | Clare: | 15 | Cork: | 33 | Cork city: | 5 |
| Derry: | 34 | Donegal: | 62 | Down: | 118 | Dublin: | 98 |
| Dublin city: | 59 | Fermanagh: | 762 | Galway: | 34 | Kerry: | 12 |
| Kildare: | 42 | Kilkenny: | 16 | Laois: | 14 | Leitrim: | 115 |
| Limerick: | 40 | Longford: | 37 | Louth: | 158 | Mayo: | 49 |
| Meath: | 92 | Monaghan: | 118 | Offaly: | 21 | Roscommon: | 42 |
| Sligo: | 33 | Tipperary: | 20 | Tyrone: | 146 | Waterford: | 4 |
| Westmeath: | 59 | Wexford: | 28 | Wicklow: | 21 |
Surname Dictionary
| MacGuire | numerous: W Ulster, Connacht etc. Ir. Mag Uidhir, from first name Odhar, meaning dun-coloured. The leading family of Fermanagh, more usually Maguire, q.v. |
| Mag Uidhir | Maguire: an-líonmhar ar fud na tíre - Cúige Uladh & Fear Manach go speisialta. Ar ndóigh, sé Fear Manach a bhfód dúchais - bhí siad ina dtiarnaí ann le trí chéad blian go dtí Plandáil Uladh sa 17 céad. Inis Ceithleann a ndún-áras. Bhí Aodh Mag Uidhir i gceannas ar mharc-shlua Uí Néill ag cath Bhéal an Átha Bhuí. Glacadh le Tiarnaí Inis Ceithleann mar uaisle i gcúirt ríoga na Fraince sa 18 céad. Fréamh: ón ainm Odhar, a chiallaíonn donn-liath (dun sa Bhéarla). SGG & IF. |
| Maguire | Very numerous: all areas, Ulster generally and particularly Fermanagh. Ir. Mag Uidhir, "son of Odhar", a first name meaning dun-coloured. They were the leading sept of Fermanagh, seated at Enniskillen. Also as Mac Guire. IF. |
MAPS
- Maguire variants in 1659
- 1850s Maguire householders by civil parish
- 1864-1921 Maguire births UPDATED
- 1864-1922 Maguire deaths NEW
- 1845-1922 Maguire marriages
- 1901 Maguire heads of household
- 1911 Maguire heads of household
- Maguire Roman Catholic baptisms
- Maguire Roman Catholic marriages
The surname
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Parishes where Maguire and a second surname are found together
Variants in Griffith's
& total households
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Non-Griffith's Variants
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- Gwyre
- M'Guire
- Macguier
- MacGuire
- MacGwire
- Mackguire
- Macquire
- Mag Uidhir
- Maguer
- Maguidhir
- Maguidir
- Maguier
- Maguiere
- Maguine
- Maguir
- Maguyer
- Maguyre
- Magwire
- Magwyre
- Maugire
- Mc Guire
- McGuier
- McGuir
- McGuyer
- McGuyre
- McGwier
- McGwyar
- McGwyer
- McGwyre
- McGyer
- McGyre
- McWyer
- Meguier
- Megwier
- Megwire
- Mkguire
- Moguire
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