Lane Irish genealogy records

Lane households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

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

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Antrim:	1	Armagh:	1	Belfast city:	2	Cavan:	1
Clare:	8	Cork:	266	Cork city:	44	Derry:	24
Down:	1	Dublin:	7	Dublin city:	3	Fermanagh:	5
Galway:	33	Kerry:	42	Kildare:	4	Kilkenny:	6
Laois:	11	Limerick:	43	Limerick city:	8	Longford:	7
Louth:	5	Mayo:	1	Meath:	5	Monaghan:	2
Offaly:	2	Roscommon:	16	Sligo:	1	Tipperary:	19
Tyrone:	1	Waterford:	22	Wexford:	13	Wicklow:	3

Surname Dictionary

Lane

numerous: all areas, especially Cork-W Limerick-Kerry. Ir. Ó Laighin, Ó Liatháin. The former associated with Galway, the latter with Cork. In W Limerick and Kerry there is confusion with Lyne and Lyons, q.v. Woulfe says laighean means "spear", whereas Liathán is a diminutive of liath, grey. The English name is rare in Ireland. SGG & IF.

The surname

Family histories: 2

Parishes where Lane and a second surname are found together

Variants in Griffith's
& total households

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Lain: 3
Lane: 607
Layne: 3
Leyne: 33

Non-Griffith's Variants

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Laan
Leaue
O Leyne