All variants of Foy

Foy households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

All variants of Foy

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

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Armagh:8Belfast city:5Cavan:36Derry:2
Donegal:6Down:24Dublin:14Dublin city:6
Fermanagh:13Galway:1Kildare:11Kilkenny:1
Laois:12Leitrim:9Longford:4Louth:3
Mayo:77Meath:4Monaghan:12Offaly:17
Roscommon:1Sligo:20Tyrone:1Waterford:1
Westmeath:1Wexford:1

Surname Dictionary

Foy numerous: Galway, Connacht generally, Ulster, N Leinster. Ir. Ó Fiaich. From fiach, a raven, used as a personal name. Woulfe mentions Ó Fáith as a shortened form of Fahey, which might account for many of the Foys in Connacht. SI & SGG.
Ó Faith Foy, Fahey: leagan giorraithe ar Ó Fathaigh, q.v.
Ó Fiaich Very rare: Armagh. Ir.Lang. Note the late lamented Tomás, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh. The name probably derives from Fiach, raven. See also Fee. SI.
Ó Fiaich Fee, Hunt: líonmhar in Ultaibh, Tír Eoghain go speisialta, agus i Longfort, Lú agus Liatroim, leis. Clann airchinneach i bhFear Manach, tráth. Cuimhneófar ar an gCairdinéal Tomás Ó Fiaich (1923-90), Gael, Eorpach agus scoláire a thuill clú do Chlanna Gael.

Parishes where Foy and a second surname are found together

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