Antrim: | 7 | Armagh: | 14 | Belfast city: | 10 | Cavan: | 3 |
Derry: | 6 | Donegal: | 1 | Down: | 27 | Dublin: | 4 |
Dublin city: | 2 | Fermanagh: | 3 | Galway: | 1 | Kilkenny: | 1 |
Meath: | 2 | Monaghan: | 1 | Offaly: | 6 | Tyrone: | 10 |
Waterford: | 2 |
Ó Siadhail | rare: Dublin etc. Ir.Lang. See Shiel. |
Ó Siadhail | Shiel(s): Shields: líonmhar: Doire-Tír Chonaill, Oir-dheisceart, Gaillimh & rl. Clann leighis a bhain clú amach go forleathan. Mhaíodar sinsearacht ó Mhaine, mac le Niall Naoi-ghiallach; bhí clann díobh chun tosaigh in Uíbh Fhailí. Le déanaí, bhí George Shiels (1886-1949) ina dhrámadóir iomráiteach agus, gan amhras, cuimhneófar ar William Shiels, aisteoir, faoin ainm stáitse "Barry Fitzgerald" (1888-1961) in an iliomad scannán. |
Sheils | numerous: South East, N Leinster, Connacht. Ir. Ó Siadhail. They were known as a medical family in Donegal and Offaly. Variants : Shiel, Shields, Shiels. SGG & IF. |
Shiel | fairly numerous: South East, Midlands, Galway-Mayo etc. Ir. Ó Siadhail. Also as Shiels and Shields, q.v. |
Shields | numerous: Ulster, especially Derry, also N Leinster, Galway, Donegal. Ir. Ó Siadhail. They were hereditary physicians in Donegal-Derry and Offaly. IF. |
Shiels | numerous: all areas except Cork, especially Derry-Donegal. Ir. Ó Siadhail. See Shields. |
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