Wallis


Wallis households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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

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Surname Dictionary

De Bhailis Very rare: Galway. Ir. Lang. See Wallace.
Wallace Very numerous: all areas, particularly E Ulster. Ir. de Bhailís. Le Waleis was the Norman term for British Celts, both Welsh and Strathclyde Britons. The name is mainly Scottish, hence the strong presence in Ulster. In the south, they may be Cambro-Normans and synonymous with Walsh. See Wallis. SI & DBS.
Wallis Quite numerous: Kilfinnane (Limerick), South East, Derry etc. As Wallace, q.v.

Variants in Griffith's
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