No Wheite households in Griffith's.
de Faoite | Very rare: Naas. Ir.Lang. See White. |
de Faoite | White, Whyte: an-líonmhar ar fud na tíre. Bua-aidiacht Béarla cosúil le "bán" i nGaeilge. Bhí na Faoitigh ar Bhardas Luimnigh i 1213 agus bhain siad leis an gcathair agus leis an gcontae ó shoin i leith. |
Faoiteach | White: féach de Faoite. |
Mac Faoitigh | Mac White, Mac Whitty: tá na leagain Béarla fíor-annamh anois. Féach de Faoite. |
White | Very numerous: all areas, E Ulster, Leinster, Limerick etc. Ir. de Faoite. An English nick-name, "fair" analogous to Irish bán, which it sometimes replaces. In Ireland 13 cent, they appear on Limerick Corporation in 1213. See also Whyte. IF. |
Whyte | numerous: all areas, especially Roscommon-Galway-Mayo, E Ulster (Scots), Waterford-Wexford. Variant of White, q.v. |
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