Sheeran

Sheeran households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Antrim:1Armagh:1Cavan:2Cork:1
Donegal:17Down:4Dublin:5Dublin city:1
Fermanagh:1Kilkenny:3Laois:2Leitrim:17
Limerick:7Limerick city:2Longford:12Louth:5
Mayo:21Meath:12Monaghan:1Offaly:12
Roscommon:32Sligo:3Tyrone:4Waterford:1
Westmeath:21

Surname Dictionary

Ó Síoráin rare: scattered. Ir.Lang. See Sheeran.
Ó Síoráin Sheeran: líonmhar: Lár na Tíre, Connachta thoir. Bhí siad i gCorcaigh sa 16 céad ach ina dhiaidh sin is i Leath Chuinn a gheibhtear iad. Cuireann Mac Giolla Iasachta i Tír Chonaill-Fear Manach mar chlann iad agus tugann sé Ó Sírín ar an ndream i gCorcaigh. An bhrí: ní léir - "síor" sa chiall "seasamhach", b'fhéidir. SI.
Sheeran numerous: all areas except Munster but especially Midlands and E Connacht. The Irish is Ó Sírín (SI); Ó Síoráin (SGA). MacLysacht believes they were a sept of West Ulster who spread south. For the Cork sept of same name, see also Syron, apparently another synonym. MIF.

Parishes where Sheeran and a second surname are found together

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