Burns heads of household in the 1911 census


Click on the red marker on the map below for a link to the full 1911 census entry.

For background on how the map was made (and its flaws), see the relevant blog entry.

Surname Dictionary

Burns Very numerous: all provinces, especially Ulster and Connacht. Generally Scottish in Ulster, but standing for indigenous names in the west and south. The more recognisable ones are O'Beirne, Birrane, Byrne and Ir. Mac Conboirne in N Connacht. SI & SGG.
Mac Conboirne Burns: líonmhar i gConnachta. Clann a bhain le h-Uí Fiachrach (Maigh Eo). Seasann Burns do shloinnte éagsúla; is dócha go bhfuil Mac Conboirne annamh anois. Brí: cú + boireann (log-ainm faoi leith, gan amhras). Bhí Ó Conboirne ann, leis. SGG.
 

DEDs where Burns and a second surname are found together

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