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| 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. |
Parishes where a Roche and a second surname married each other.
This list shows total Roche Roman Catholic marriages by county.
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