Shaw

Shaw households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Antrim:97Armagh:18Belfast city:59Carlow:6
Cavan:5Clare:3Cork:12Cork city:13
Derry:35Donegal:17Down:226Dublin:32
Dublin city:19Fermanagh:19Galway:5Kerry:2
Kildare:24Kilkenny:7Laois:13Leitrim:9
Limerick:1Limerick city:4Longford:28Louth:5
Mayo:5Meath:13Monaghan:26Offaly:7
Sligo:58Tipperary:17Tyrone:27Waterford:12
Westmeath:19Wexford:8Wicklow:13

Surname Dictionary

Shaw Very numerous: all areas, especially E Ulster and Midlands. Scots Gaelic Sídeach ? (wolf). The Lowland Scots and English name Shaw refers to a "copse, thicket". Both would be represented in Ulster where they came in 17 cent. SI & IF.

The surname

Parishes where Shaw and a second surname are found together

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  • McShaw
  • Shawe

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