Roch


Roch 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

De Roiste rare: South East. Ir.Lang. See Roche.
Roache fairly rare: Mayo etc. Ir. de Róiste. See Roche.
Roche Very numerous: Munster and South East etc. Ir. de Róiste, from French roche, a rock. Normans who became established in Wexford and Munster after the Invasion. The area round Fermoy was known as Críoch Róisteach (Roches' Country). IF.

Variants in Griffith's
& total households

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Non-Griffith's Variants

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