Cavan: | 35 | Cork: | 10 | Cork city: | 3 | Donegal: | 2 |
Down: | 1 | Dublin: | 4 | Fermanagh: | 1 | Galway: | 7 |
Kerry: | 1 | Kilkenny: | 1 | Laois: | 13 | Leitrim: | 80 |
Limerick: | 3 | Longford: | 3 | Offaly: | 1 | Sligo: | 1 |
Tipperary: | 6 | Tyrone: | 1 | Waterford: | 7 | Westmeath: | 1 |
Wicklow: | 1 |
Mac an Phríora | Prior: cuíosach líonmhar: Cabhán-Muineachán-Lú. Clann Ghaelach i gCabhán agus an iarthar ach seans gur Angla-Normannaigh na daoine san oirthear. Tá áit darb' ainm Baile Mhac an Phríora i gCiarraí. Is léir ós na sloinnte nach raibh aontumhacht na cléire ró-dhocht sa mheán-aois - ceann amháin d'an-chuid leithscéalta a bhí ag an bPápa agus na Sasanaigh chun chur isteach ar chúrsaí na h-Éireann. |
Prior | fairly numerous: Belfast, Cavan-Monaghan-Louth, Dublin etc. Ir. Mac an Phríora. The name may be Anglo-Norman in some cases; otherwise later English arrivals. MIF. |
Pryor | rare: Dublin etc. Variant of Prior, q.v. and a Cornish version. |
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