Meara

Meara households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Belfast city:2Carlow:4Clare:11Cork:12
Cork city:1Dublin:1Dublin city:4Galway:9
Kerry:31Kildare:9Kilkenny:30Laois:27
Limerick:14Meath:2Offaly:81Roscommon:3
Tipperary:275Waterford:30Westmeath:2Wexford:3
Wicklow:2

Surname Dictionary

Mara fairly rare: Dublin etc. Variant of O'Meara, q.v.
Meara Very rare: Bangor (Down). See Mara & O'Meara.
Ó Meadhra rare: Dublin. Ir.Lang. See O'Mara.
Ó Meadhra O'Meara, Mara: líonmhar: tuaisceart na Mumhan & san Oir-deisceart. Bhí a ndúiche in Urmhumhain uachtarach mar a bhfuil an baile beag Tuaim Uí Mheadhra. Bhí Joseph O'Mara (1866-1927) ina amhránaí ópera clúiteach i Luimneach. Deirtear gurab ionann meadhar agus meidhir .i. greann. Litriú nua: Ó Meára. IF.
O'Mara numerous: Limerick-Tipperary and South East. Ir. Ó Meadhra, from meadhar, mirth. A sept of N Tipperary. See also O'Meara and Mara.
O'Meara numerous: N Munster and South East. Ir. Ó Meadhra. A sept of Tipperary centred on Toomevara (O'Meara's Hill). See also O'Mara.

The surname

Parishes where Meara and a second surname are found together

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Variants in Griffith's
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