Sloey


Sloey households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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Surname Dictionary

Mac Sluaghadhaigh Slowey: líon beag: Fear Manach-Cabhán-Muineachán. Tá an leagan Mac Sloy i dTír Eoghain; deineadh Molloy díobh sa Chabhán, leis. Brí: ball de shlua. Litriú nua: Mac Sluaigh. SI &MIF.
Ó Sluaghadhaigh Slowey: ar aon dul le Mac Sluaghadhaigh ach cuireann de Bhulbh i Ros Comáin iad. Fuair Maolphádraig Ó Sluaigh, saoi, bás i 1015. Litriú nua: Ó Sluaigh.
Slowey Quite numerous: Fermanagh-Cavan-Monaghan etc. Ir. Mac Sluaghaidh, from sluagh, army. Probably the leader of a military expedition. The name has been long in W Ulster.

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