Byrnes
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Byrnes




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The table below shows the number of Byrnes households in each county in the Primary Valuation property survey of 1847-64.
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Armagh 14 Cavan 4
Clare 4 Cork 5
Donegal 3 Down 2
Dublin 5 Limerick 10
Limerick city 1 Louth 2
Mayo 6 Meath 2
Sligo 1 Tipperary 10
Waterford 2 Wexford 1

SURNAME DICTIONARY/ SLOINNTE NA h-EIREANN
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.
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Variants and all-Ireland totals - Click on one to see the numbers by county..
SURNAME TOTAL
Bournes 6
Bourns 15
Burnes 41
Burns 1674
Byrnes 72
Byrns 7

Recorded variants not listed in the Valuation.
SURNAME
Mac Conboirne

Second Surname


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