It would be very helpful to identify the main concentrations of people of our name in Ireland and try to relate them to the historical tribal origin areas. We would have to use records from the earliest to latest times. The starting point might be the 1659 census and the latest the 1901 census when it has been digitised. There are many sources available.
The same principle would apply to the countries to which people of our name migrated.
Progress
Journal articles
October 2001 Distribution of the name in the USA – 1850 to 1990s
This project needs to be undertaken by a number of people. A lot of data sources exist
Next Stages
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