The number of given names were very restricted. The table below gives the frequencies of first given names for householders at the time of the Primary Valuation.
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Given Name |
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John |
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Patrick |
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Michael |
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James |
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Thomas |
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William |
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Mary |
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Peter |
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Daniel |
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Bridget |
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Martin |
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Edward |
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Catherine |
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Denis |
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Francis |
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Margaret |
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Griffiths Primary Valuation Most Frequent Given Names of Householders (Egan, MacEgan, Eighan Householders ~2500)
This usually serves to complicate searches with families often staying with a set of given names. The naming conventions can however assist you in inferring the family connections. An unusual name such as Anastasia helps (3 occurences).
The following tabulation gives the distribution of Egans across the Irish counties 1850.
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County |
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Offaly (Kings County) |
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Tipperary |
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Roscommon |
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Galway |
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Mayo |
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Clare |
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Kilkenny |
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Kerry |
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Cork |
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Dublin |
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Leitrim |
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Longford |
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Westmeath |
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Limerick |
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Sligo |
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Wexford |
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Waterford |
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Kildare |
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Laois (Queens County) |
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Cavan |
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Derry (Londonderry) |
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Antrim |
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Louth |
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Meath |
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Carlow |
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Down |
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Tyrone |
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Wicklow |
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Donegal |
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Fermanagh |
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Armagh |
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Greg & Sue Egan 2000Griffiths Primary Valuation Distribution of Households by County (Egan, MacEgan, Eighan Householders ~2500)
