Flanagan

Flanagan households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

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

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Antrim:	5	Armagh:	41	Belfast city:	17	Carlow:	7
Cavan:	46	Clare:	128	Cork:	38	Cork city:	21
Derry:	18	Donegal:	31	Down:	99	Dublin:	58
Dublin city:	33	Fermanagh:	108	Galway:	145	Kerry:	8
Kildare:	84	Kilkenny:	8	Laois:	44	Leitrim:	36
Limerick:	73	Limerick city:	4	Longford:	26	Louth:	18
Mayo:	94	Meath:	43	Monaghan:	83	Offaly:	103
Roscommon:	214	Sligo:	61	Tipperary:	76	Tyrone:	28
Waterford:	43	Westmeath:	42	Wexford:	2	Wicklow:	23

Surname Dictionary

Flanagan	Very numerous: all areas but especially S E Leinster, Connacht, S Ulster. The Irish is Ó Flannagáin, Flann, a popular personal name meaning "blood-red". A sept of Roscommon related to the O'Connors; another of Fermanagh. There were also groups in Offaly and Waterford. IF & SGG.
Ó Flannagáin	Flanagan: an-líonmhar: gach aird: go speisialta in oir-dheisceart Laighean, Connachta agus deisceart Uladh. Clann tábhachtach i gConnachta, gaolmhar leis na Conchúraigh. Bhí clanna eile i bhFear Manach agus Uíbh Fhailí. Brí: ón ainm pearsanta Flann, a bhí an-choitinn sa mheán-aois. MIF & SGG.
O'Flanagan	Quite numerous: Dublin etc. Ir. Ó Flannagáin, dimin. of first name Flann (ruddy). A sept of Roscommon whose chief was steward to the kings of Connacht. See Flanagan.

The surname

Parishes where Flanagan and a second surname are found together

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