For background on how the map was made (and its flaws), see the relevant blog entry.
| Fahy | Very numerous: Galway-Mayo especially, also Munster and S Leinster. Ir. Ó Fathaigh. Woulfe gives derivation fothadh, foundation. It is certainly not faiche, lawn, from which arises the pseudo-translation Greene. They were a sept of Uí Maine (Galway) and were also in Tipperary. IF & SGG. |
| Vahey | Quite numerous: Mayo etc. Ir. Mac a' Bheatha, beatha, life. See Mac Veagh. SI. |
| Vaughey | rare: Drogheda (Louth). See Mac Veagh. |
| Veighey | rare: Belfast. Ir. ? Mac an Bheatha. See Mac Veigh. |
DEDs where Fohey and a second surname are found together
This list shows total 1901 Fohey households by county.
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