Kennedy
Kennedy households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland
Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map
Click on a county to see more detail| Antrim: | 258 | Armagh: | 72 | Belfast city: | 87 | Carlow: | 39 |
| Cavan: | 44 | Clare: | 122 | Cork: | 98 | Cork city: | 25 |
| Derry: | 174 | Donegal: | 186 | Down: | 222 | Dublin: | 100 |
| Dublin city: | 72 | Fermanagh: | 22 | Galway: | 185 | Kerry: | 229 |
| Kildare: | 62 | Kilkenny: | 232 | Laois: | 111 | Leitrim: | 19 |
| Limerick: | 223 | Limerick city: | 39 | Longford: | 62 | Louth: | 24 |
| Mayo: | 89 | Meath: | 80 | Monaghan: | 25 | Offaly: | 174 |
| Roscommon: | 87 | Sligo: | 96 | Tipperary: | 1112 | Tyrone: | 61 |
| Waterford: | 162 | Westmeath: | 54 | Wexford: | 101 | Wicklow: | 72 |
Surname Dictionary
| Kennedy | vv numerous: all areas. Ir. Ó Cinnéide (helmeted head). A leading sept of Dál gCais who settled in Tipperary. There were other families in Galway and Wicklow and a notable group in Galloway, Scotland, whence many of the Ulster Kennedys. US President Kennedy's ancestors were from Wexford but belonged to the Dál gCais. IF & SGG. |
| MacKennedy | Very rare: Dublin etc. Ir. ? Mac Cinnéide. See Kennedy. |
| Ó Cinnéide | fairly rare: scattered. Ir.Lang. See Kennedy. |
| Ó Cinnéide | Kennedy: an líonmhar ar fud na tíre: clann de chuid Dál gCais, a shíolraigh ó Chinnéididh, mac le Donnchuan, deartháir Bhriain Bóroimhe; d'éiríodar cumhachtach in Ur-Mhumhain. Bhí clann eile in Uí Maine. Tá an sloinne coitianta in Albain, leis. Leath na daoine ó Ur-Mhumhain go Loch Garman. Mar sin, is d'fhuil Bhriain Cinnéidigh Mheiricea. Brí: ceann clogaid, nó, b'fhéidir, ceann grána.IF. |
| O'Kennedy | Quite numerous: scattered. Ir. Ó Cinnéide, ? helmeted-head. Much more frequent as Kennedy, q.v. IF. |
MAPS
- Kennedy variants in 1659
- 1850s Kennedy householders by civil parish
- 1864-1921 Kennedy births UPDATED
- 1864-1922 Kennedy deaths NEW
- 1845-1922 Kennedy marriages
- 1901 Kennedy heads of household
- 1911 Kennedy heads of household
- Kennedy Roman Catholic baptisms
- Kennedy Roman Catholic marriages
The surname
Parishes where Kennedy and a second surname are found together
Variants in Griffith's
& total households
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Non-Griffith's Variants
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- Cenedy
- Kanady
- Kenady
- Keneday
- Kenedey
- Kenedie
- Kenidey
- Kenidy
- Kennady
- Kenndy
- Kenneady
- Kenneday
- Kenneddy
- Kennedi
- Kennedie
- Kennedye
- Kennidy
- Kenydee
- Kenydy
- Kinady
- Kinedy
- Kinnedy
- Knneday
- M'Kennedy
- MacKenedy
- MacKennedy
- Macknedy
- Makennedy
- Makinidy
- McKenedy
- McKenidy
- McKenndy
- McKenneddy
- Mckennidy
- McKnedy
- McNedy
- Mkennedy
- O Cineide
- O Cinneide
- O Cinneide
- O Cinneide
- O Cinneide
- O Cinneidigh
- O Kenady
- O Kenedy
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