The author's maternal ancestors are shown on the chart below dating from about 1800, including Bourke, Collins, Connor, Langan, Lavelle, McDonnell, Sweeney, and Tomas. Clicking on the link will open a descendants chart for that ancestor with an index of names at the back. Names of living relatives have been omitted for reasons of privacy. CLICK HERE for Descendants of Bourke c1775
The following lists indicate how common each of the above surnames was by county during the 1848-1864 Griffiths Valuation. If the surname is very rare, then you can be more certain that a name which matches your ancestor's is more likely to be the correct person. If the name is common, then you may need more details to verify the match. This information is available for most surnames at the Irish Times web site.
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