Fair households mapped in 1911

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For background on how the map was made (and its flaws), see the relevant blog entry.

Fair	fairly rare: Mayo-Galway etc. A translation of the Ir. fionn (fair) which had supplanted the original surname. There is a cognate English name, Fair & Phair, which probably accounts for most of those in E Ulster, however SGA gives Mac Fhinn.
Fionn	: Fair, Phair: líon beag: scaipthe: tá Fair i Maigh Eo-Gaillimh agus Phair in Aontroim.
Phair	mod.nos: scattered. Ir. Mac Fhinn, finn, fair. This name may also be English, "fair, handsome". SGA, DBS.

DEDs where Fair and a second surname are found together

This list shows total 1901 Fair households by county.
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Fair heads of household in the 1911 census