III.—The most important families in Ireland at the beginning of the 17th Century
According to “Ortelius Improved; or a New Map of Ireland,” which was “Engraved and Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen (Victoria) and H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross, East, London, for (the late lamented) Doctor R. R. Madden,” the following are the names of the “Principal Families of Irish and English Extraction who possessed that Kingdom on the commencement of the Seventeenth Century:”
Acheson, | Armagh. |
Allen, | Kildare. |
Archdeacon, | Cork. |
Arthur, | Limerick. |
Aylmer, | Limerick and Kildare. |
Aylward, | Waterford. |
Bagnal, | Carlow. |
Barnwall, | Meath. |
Barrett, | Mayo and Cork. |
Barry, | Limerick and Cork. |
Barry-More, | Cork. |
Barry-Og, | Cork. |
Bellew, | Louth and Meath. |
Biatagh (Beatty), | West Meath. |
Bingham, | Mayo. |
Birmingham, | Galway. |
Blake | Galway. |
Blenerhasset, | Kerry. |
Boyle, | Waterford and Cork. |
Brown, | Wexford, Mayo, Galway, Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Kildare. |
Brownlow, | Armagh. |
Burke, | Mayo, Galway, and Limerick. |
Butler, | Wexford, Kilkenny, Tiperary. |
Cadel, | Meath. |
Cantwell, | Tipperary. |
Carew, | Carlow. |
Canfield, | Armagh, Tyrone. |
Cavanagh, | Carlow, Wexford. |
Chevers, | Meath. |
Chichester, | Tyrone. |
Colclough, | Wexford. |
Cole, | Cavan. |
Comerford, | Wexford. |
Comyn, | Limerick. |
Condon, | Cork. |
Conway (Counaghan), | Kerry. |
Cooke, | Carlow. |
Copinger, | Cork. |
Courcie, | Cork. |
Creagh, | Limerick. |
Crofton, | Roscommon. |
Crosbie, | Kerry. |
Cruice, | West Meath. |
Cusack, | Meath. |
Dalton, | Westmeath, Waterford. |
Darcy, | Meath, Galway. |
Dease, | Meath. |
Delahoid, | Kildare. |
Delamar, | West Meath. |
De Lacy, | Limerick. |
Deney, | Meath, Kerry. |
Devereux, | Wexford. |
Dillon, | West Meath, Mayo. |
Dowdall, | Louth. |
Eustace, | Kildare. |
Everard, | Tipperary. |
Falie, | King’s County. |
Fanning, | Limerick. |
Fitzgerald, | Kildare, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Kerry, Cork. |
Fitzgibbon, | Limerick. |
Fitzmaurice, | Kerry. |
Fitzmorris, | Mayo. |
Fitzpatrick, | Queen’s County. |
Fitzsimons, | King’s County. |
Fleming, | Meath. |
Fox, | West Meath. |
French, | Galway. |
Galway, | Cork. |
Gernon, | Louth. |
Gibbon, | Cork. |
Gold, | Cork. |
Grace, | Dublin, Kilkenny. |
Hamilton, | Tyrone, Cavan. |
Harper, | Kilkenny. |
Harrold, | Dublin, Limerick. |
Hay, | Wexford. |
Hussey, | Meath. |
Jordan, | Mayo. |
Joyce, | Mayo. |
Keating, | Wexford, Kilkenny. |
King, | Roscommon. |
Lacy, | West Meath. |
Luttrell, | Dublin. |
Lynch, | Galway. |
Lynot, | Mayo. |
MacArtan, | Down. |
Macawly, | West Meath. |
MacBruodin, | Clare. |
MacCarthy, | Kerry, Cork. |
MacCarthy Mór, | Kerry. |
MacCarthy Reagh, | Cork. |
MacClancy, | Leitrim, Clare. |
MacConava, | Leitrim. |
MacConmey, | Tyrone. |
MacConsidin, | Clare. |
MacCostelloe, | Mayo. |
MacDavid Burke, | Galway. |
MacDermot Roe, | Roscommon. |
MacDermot, | Roscommon. |
MacDonnell, | Antrim. |
MacDonogh, | Sligo, Cork. |
MacEgan, | Tipperary. |
MacElicot, | Kerry. |
MacEnery, | Limerick |
MacFirbis, | Sligo. |
MacGauran, | Leitrim. |
MacGennis, | Down. |
MacGillereagh, | Clare. |
MacGillicuddy, | Kerry. |
MacGillysaght, | Clare. |
MacGorman or O’Gorman, | Limerick and Clare. |
MacGuire, | Fermanagh. |
MacInnereney, | Clare. |
MacKiernan, | Cavan. |
MacMahon, | Monaghan, Clare, Limerick. |
MacMorogh, | Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow. |
MacNamara Fion, | Clare. |
MacNamara Reagh, | Clare. |
MacNillin, | Antrim. |
Macoghlan, | King’s County. |
MacPhillip, | Mayo. |
MacRanall, | Leitrim. |
MacSheehy, | Limerick. |
MacSweeny Fanad, | Donegal. |
MacSweeny Na Tua, | Donegal. |
MacSweeny, | Donegal. |
MacThomas, | Waterford. |
MacTiernan, | Cavan. |
MacWard, | Donegal. |
MacWm. Burke, | Mayo. |
Magrath, | Tipperary. |
Mageoghagan, | West Meath. |
Mandeville, | Tipperary. |
Mareward, | Meath. |
Martin, | Galway. |
Masterson, | Wexford. |
Mathew, | Tipperary. |
Meagh, | Cork. |
Morony, | Limerick. |
Murphew, | Wexford. |
Nagle, | Cork. |
Nangle, | Meath, Sligo. |
Nashe. | Limerick. |
Netterville, | Louth. |
Nugent, | Meath. |
O’Bean, | Sligo. |
O’Bira, | Roscommon. |
O’Boyle, | Donegal. |
O’Brady, | Cavan. |
O’Brenan, | Kilkenny. |
O’Brien, | Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford. |
O’Brin (O’Byrne), | Dublin, Wicklow. |
O’Cahan, | Londonderry. |
O’Callaghan, | Cork. |
O’Carroll, | King’s, Tipperary. |
O’Casey, | Limerick. |
O’Clery, | Donegal. |
O’Connell, | Kerry. |
O’Conor, | Clare, Sligo, Londonderry, King’s. |
O’Conor Don, | Roscommon. |
O’Conor Kerry, | Kerry. |
O’Conor Sligo, | Sligo. |
O’Crouly, | Cork. |
O’Currie, | Cavan. |
O’Daly, | Clare, Cork, Galway, Westmeath. |
O’Davoran, | Clare. |
O’Dea, | Clare. |
O’Delany, | King’s County. |
O’Demsey, | Queen’s County. |
O’Dogherty, | Donegal. |
O’Donallan, | Roscommon. |
O’Donell, | Londonderry, Donegal. |
O’Donoghoe, | Kerry, Cork. |
O’Donovan, | Cork. |
O’Don (O’Dunne), | Queen’s Co. |
O’Dowda, | Sligo. |
O’Driscol, | Cork. |
O’Dwyer, | Tipperary. |
O’Fallon, | Roscommon. |
O’Falvy, | Kerry. |
O’Feolan, | Waterford. |
O’Feral, | Longford. |
O’Fevlan, | Kerry. |
O’Flaharty, | Galway. |
O’Flanagan, | Roscommon. |
O’Flin, | Roscommon. |
O’Fogerty, | Tipperary. |
O’Gallagher, | Donegal. |
O’Gara, | Sligo. |
O’Gormogan, | Kilkenny. |
O’Grady, | Limerick. |
O’Hagan, | Tyrone. |
O’Hallinan, | Limerick. |
O’Halloran, | Clare, Galway. |
O’Haly, | Cork. |
O’Hanlon, | Armagh. |
O’Hanly, | Roscommon. |
O’Hara, | Antrim, Sligo. |
O’Hart, | Sligo. |
O’Hart, | Cork. |
O’Heffernan, | Tipperary. |
O’Hehir, | Clare. |
O’Hennesy, | Cork. |
O’Heyne, | Galway. |
O’Hickey, | Tipperary. |
O’Hogan, | Tipperary. |
O’Honeen (Green), | Clare. |
O’Hurly, | Limerick. |
O’Kearny, | Tipperary, Cork. |
O’Keef, | Cork. |
O’Kelly, | Roscommon, Galway. |
O’Kennedy, | Tipperary. |
O’Kirwan, | Galway. |
O’Leary, | Cork. |
O’Loghlan, | Clare. |
O’Lyon, | Cork. |
O’Maden, | Galway. |
O’Mahony, | Cork. |
O’Mahown, | Kerry. |
O’Mailly, | Galway. |
O’Malaghlin, | West Meath. |
O’Malone, | West Meath. |
O’Meagher, | King’s County. |
O’Molony, | Clare. |
O’Mooney, | Queen’s County. |
O’More, | Kilkenny, Queen’s Co. |
O’Mullally, | Galway. |
O’Muloy, | King's County. |
O’Mulrian, | Tipperary. |
O’Murry, | Londonderry. |
O’Naghton, | Roscommon. |
O’Neill, | Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone. |
O’Neal Clanaboy, | Antrim. |
O’Neylan, | Clare. |
O’Nialan, | Armagh. |
O’Nolan, | Carlow. |
O’Quin, | Limerick. |
O’Regan, | Queen’s County. |
O’Rian, | Carlow. |
O’Rielly, | Cavan. |
O’Riordan, | Cork. |
Ormond, | Tipperary. |
O’Ruarc, | Leitrim. |
O’Ruark, | Leitrim. |
O’Rurc, | Leitrim. |
O’Rurk, | Leitrim. |
O’Scanlan, | Limerick. |
O’Shaghnusy, | Galway. |
O’Shea, | Kilkenny. |
O’Sheridan, | Cavan. |
O’Shiel, | Antrim. |
O’Sullivan Bear, | Cork. |
O’Sullivan Mór, | Kerry. |
O’Toole, | Wicklow. |
O’Tynn, | Clare. |
Petit, | West Meath. |
Phillip, | Sligo. |
Plunket, | Cavan, Meath. |
Poer (Power), | Waterford. |
Portlance, | Louth. |
Preston, | Meath. |
Purcel, | Limerick, Tipperary. |
Redmond, | Wexford. |
Rice, | Kildare, Kerry. |
Riche, | Limerick. |
Roche, | Limerick, Cork. |
Rochford, | Kildare. |
Rooth, | Kilkenny. |
Sarsfield, | Kildare, Limerick, Cork. |
Savage, | Down. |
Sexton, | Clare. |
Sherlock, | Waterford. |
Shortal, | Kilkenny. |
Skeret, | Galway. |
Skiddy, | Cork. |
Stackpole, | Cork. |
St Lawrence, | Dublin. |
Stritch, | Limerick. |
Sutton, | Wexford. |
Taafe, | Louth. |
Talbot, | Wexford, Kildare. |
Taylor, | Dublin. |
Tobin, | Tipperary. |
Trant, | Kerry. |
Tuite, | Longford. |
Tyrel, | West Meath. |
Verdon, | Louth. |
Wadding, | Waterford. |
Wallis or Walsh, | Wicklow. |
Walshe, | Waterford. |
Walsh of the Mountains. | Kilkenny. |
Wandeeford, | Kilkenny. |
Waren, | Dublin. |
Waters, | Cork. |
White, | Down, Kildare, Limerick. |
Wogan, | Kildare. |
Wolverton, | Dublin. |
Woulfe, | Tipperary. |
Wyse, | Waterford. |