Murtagh

Murtagh households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Armagh:29Belfast city:1Cavan:45Clare:3
Derry:1Down:20Dublin:28Dublin city:6
Fermanagh:3Galway:4Kerry:1Kildare:10
Kilkenny:1Laois:1Leitrim:1Limerick:1
Longford:69Louth:54Mayo:60Meath:78
Monaghan:31Offaly:3Roscommon:26Sligo:26
Tipperary:1Tyrone:3Westmeath:106Wicklow:6

Surname Dictionary

Murtagh Very numerous: all areas, especially Ulster. Ir. Ó Muircheartaigh, navigator, seafarer. The name was associated with Monaghan and Meath. See Moriarty. IF.
Ó Muircheartaigh rare: Dublin etc. Ir.Lang. See Moriarty.
Ó Muircheartaigh (1) Moriarty (2) Murtagh: an-líonmhar: (1) sa Mhumhain; (2) in Ultaibh. Bhí an chéad dhream lonnaithe i ngleann na Mainge i gCiarraí mar a bhfuil siad fós. Bhí an dara clann suite lámh le Ceanannas Mór ach bádh sa Ionradh iad. Chomh maith leo-san, tá sloinnte Albanacha sa tuaisceart bunaithe ar an ainm céanna, Muircheartach a bhí an-choitinn sa mheán-aois. An bhrí, ar ndóigh, loingseoir, fear stiúrtha. SGG & IF.

The surname

Parishes where Murtagh and a second surname are found together

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