Gay


SURNAME MAP

Gay households in mid-19th century Ireland

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Donegal Derry, Londonderry Antrim Down Tyrone Fermanagh Armagh Cavan Monaghan Louth Leitrim Meath Dublin Longford Westmeath Wicklow Kildare Carlow Sligo Roscommon Mayo Offaly Clare Wexford Laois (Queens) Kilkenny Waterford Kerry West Galway East Galway North Tipperary South Tipperary West Limerick East Limerick North West Cork West Cork East Cork
 

Gay households in each county in the Primary Valuation property survey of 1847-64.


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and an all-Ireland parish map (paying).
Armagh 1 Belfast city 1
Cork 7 Derry 1
Down 1 Mayo 1
Sligo 1 Tipperary 2
Tyrone 3 Westmeath 9

SURNAME DICTIONARY/ SLOINNTE NA h-EIREANN
Gaye: rare: Dublin, Cork etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Dé (servant of God). However present distribution suggests an English origin, which is from French gai, light-hearted. Quite common in England. See also Gildea and Kildea.


Variants and total numbers.
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SURNAME
TOTAL
Gay 27

Recorded variants listed in other sources.
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SURNAME
Gaye
Gey

SECOND SURNAME


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