Bower


Bower households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map

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Surname Dictionary

Bower fairly numerous:Belfast, N Down, Dublin etc. Ir. Mac Cú Uladh (Con Uladh), i.e. Hound of Ulster. A glaring case of mistranslation: Ir. collach = boar (pig). However, it is also an English name which may account for many of them. SI.

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