Corbet


Corbet 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

Conba Very rare: Limerick. Ir. Ó Conbá, cú báighe, hound of strife. Woulfe says this is now generally anglicised Corbett. SGG.
Corbett numerous: Munster & Connacht, with some in Down probably English; otherwise the name stands for Ir. Ó Corbáin (Munster), Ó Coirbín (Connacht). See also Conba.
Ó Coirbín Corban, Corbett: líonmhar: Connachta. Sloinne atá bunaithe ar shean-ainm Corbb a chiallaíonn teimhliú nó dorchú. Tugadh an sloinne Sasanach Corbett orthu go for-leathan. Féach Ó Corbáin, leis.MIF & GPN.
Ó Conbágha Corbett, Conba: fíor-annamh mar Conba. Baineann an sloinne seo le Luimneach anois; de réir de Bhulbh, bhí siad in Uíbh Fhailí & Tiobraid sa 16 céad.Tugann sé an bhrí: cú catha. Litriú nua: Ó Conba.

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