County Longford, Ireland –

A Chartered Civil Engineer by profession, he was awarded a Masters of Arts Degree in Local History (Hons.) from the University of Limerick in 2006.

His family tree has its origins in Counties Longford, Kerry (Ashe, Connell, Falvey, Heffernan, Leahy, Nammock & Stack – Abbeydorney & Lixnaw Parishes) and Antrim (Connolly, McGarry – Loughguile Parish).

His County Longford connections are with the Courtneys, Mahons, McManus’ & Mimnaghs – Drumlish, Killoe & Newtownforbes Parishes, through his mother's relatives.

David’s first book 'County Longford and its People - an Index to the 1901 Census of County Longford' was published in 1990.

His second book 'County Longford Survivors of the Great Famine – a complete index to Griffith’s Primary Valuation of Co. Longford' was published in 1996.

He has published numerous articles in relation to County Longford from genealogical information he has been collecting over the past twenty years.

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1901 Census of County Longford – Index Book

County Longford and its People is a comprehensive index to the 1901 Census of County Longford and is the first census index to be produced for any Irish County. It lists the names, and townland or street address, of 10,000 Longford householders, and also of almost 7,000 servants, lodgers and other persons resident in these households but whose names are different to those of the householder. The index is a unique source for researching the family and social history of Co. Longford. The census returns, to which it refers, are a major source of information on County Longford families during the 19th century.

Currently being revised – expected date of publication – Mid-2007

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1854 Griffith’s Primary Valuation of County Longford – Index Book

County Longford Survivors of the Famine is a comprehensive index to Griffith's Primary Valuation (GPV) of County Longford (1854) and is the first GPV index to be produced for any Irish County in book form. It lists the names and townland / street addresses of almost 17,500 Occupiers and almost 1,150 Immediate Lessors not already recorded as Occupiers at the same townlands. The index is a unique source for researching the family history, social history and geography of County Longford. Griffith's Primary Valuation to which it refers, is a major source of information on County Longford families in the middle of the nineteenth century, especially in the absence of all Census returns for the period, Civil Registration, and many of the Church records.

Price Aus $45, Can $45, EUR €24, St £18, US $35 (including Priority postage & packaging)

Surnames appearing in this book include:

ABBOTT, ABERNETHY, ACHMUTY, ADAIR, ADAMS, McADDEN, ADDEY, ADLUM, McAFEE, AHERN, AHMUTY, AIKEN, AIKINS, McALARNEY, McALINEY, ALLARD, ALLAN, ALLEN, ALLERD, McALLISTER, AMOS, McANALLY, ANDERSON, McANDREW, ANDREWS, McANEMY, McANERNEY, McANERNY, McANIFF, McANTEE, ANTHONY, ARCHBALD, ARCHBOLD, McARDLE, ARKINS, ARMSTRONG, ASHLEY, ASPELL, ASSIFF, ASSOP(?), McATEE, ATKINSON, ATKISON, AUCHMUTY, AUGHMUTY, McAULAY, McAULEY, McAULY, AUSTIN, McAVEY, BACKAGAN, BACKANAN, BACON, BAIRD, BALFORD, BALL, BALLAM, BALLESTY, BALTIC, BANAN, BANKS, BANNAN, BANNIN, BANNON, BARBER, BARBOR, BARCLAY, BARDEN, BARDON, BARKER, BARNAN, BARNETT, BARRETT, BARRY, BARTLEY, BARTLY, BARTON, BATTEREN, BATTERIN, (BATRIM, BATTERM, BATTRIM (?)), BATTERSBY BAXTER, BEACON, BEADE, BEAGHAN, BEAHAN, BEARD, BEATTY, BEATY, BEG, BEGBIN, BEGLAN, BEGLEY, BEGLIN, BEGLY, BEHAN, BEIRNE, BERNE, BERN, McBEIRNE, O'BEIRNE, O'BERNE, BELFORD, BELL, BELLAM, BELLEW, BELTAN, BELTON, BENBRIDGE, BENNET, BENNETT, BERMINGHAM, BERN, BERNE, O'BERNE, BERNIE, BERNEY, BERRIN, BERRY, BESTICK, BEVAN, BEWLEY, BIANCONI, BICKERSTAFF, O'BIERNIE, BIGGER, BIGGERSTAFF, BIRMINGHAM, BIRNE, O'BIRNE, BIRNEY, BLACK, BLACKE, BLACKALL, BLACKHALL, BLAKE, BLAKELY, BLANEY, BLANY, BLAYNEY, BLESSINGTON, BLOOMER, BOGHAN, BOHAN, BOHANNAN, BOLAND, BOLE, BOLESTY, BOLTON, BOND, BONIS, BONNY, BONUS, BOOKER, BOOTH, BORRIS, BOSWELL, BOUCHIER, BOURKE, BOWEN, BOYCE, BOYD, BOYDEN, BOYER, BOYHAN, BOYLAN, BOYLE, BOYSTER, BRACKAN, BRACKEN, BRACKON, BRADEN, BRADFORD, BRADLEY, BRADSHAW, BRADY, BRANNON, BRANY, BRATTEN, BRATTON, BRAY, BREDIN, BREHAN, BRENNAN, BRERETON, BRESLIN, BRETT, BRIDE, McBRIDE, BRIDGES, BRIEN, McBRIEN, O'BRIEN, BRIODY, BRIORDY, BRIORNEY, BRITT, BROCK, BRODERICK, BRODRICK, BROGAN, BROKER, BROUGHAN, BROWN, BROWNE, BRUSH, O'BRYAN, BUCHANNAN, BUCKLEY, BUNBURY, BURBIDGE, BURBAGE, BURD, BURGH, BURKE, BURNET, BURNETT, BURNFORD, BURNS, BURROWES, BUSH, BUSHE, BUTLER, BYE, BYERLAND, BYHAN, BYRNE, O'BYRNE, BYRON, McCABE, CADAM, CADDOW, CAFFEY, CAFFERY, CAFFREY, McCAFFREY, CAHER, CAHERLEY, CAHILL, CAHILLY, CAILISK, CAIN, CAINE, CALDWELL, CALAGHAN, CALELAHAN, CALLAGHAN, CALLAN, CALLARAN, CALLNELL, CALLWELL, CAMPBELL, CANAVAN, CANE, CANN, McCANN, McCANNA, CANNEFFREY, CANNELL, CANNING, CANNON, CAPE, CARAGY, CARBERRY, CARBERY, CARD, McCARDEN, CAREW, CAREY, CARIGAN, CARLY, CARLEY, CARLISK, CARLOS (?), CARLON, CARLTON, CARMING, CARNEY, CAROLAN, CAROLIN, CARR, CARRAGIG, CARRAGY, CARRIGAN, CARRIGY, CARRIGEE, CARROLL, CARSON, CARSONS, McCARTEN, CARTER, CARTERS, CARTHY, McCARTHY, CARTY, McCARTY, CASEY, CASH, CASHELL, CASHEN, CASHIN, CASHION, CASSALL, CASSELL, CASSELS, CASSELLS, CASSERLY, CASSIDY, CATHCART, McCAULEY, McCAULY, CAULFIELD, McCAUSLAND, CAVANAGH, McCAWLEY, CHAFFREY, CHAMLY, McCHANE, CHAPMAN, CHARLETON, CHARTERS, CHARTRES, CHRISTIE, CHRISTY, CLABEY, CLABBY, CLABEY, CLABLEY, CLANCY, McCLAREN, CLARK, CLARKE, McCLAUGHRY, CLAVY, McCLEAN, CLEARY, CLEERY, McCLIFF, CLIMO, CLINCH, CLINCHY, CLINE, CLINTON, CLINTY, McCLOGHERTY, McCLOGHERY, McCLOGHY, McCLOUGHY (?), CLONAN, CLOONAN, CLOONEN, McCLOUGHRY, CLOYNE, CLUSKEY, McCLUSKEY, CLUSKY, CLYAN, CLYMTON, CLYNCH, CLYNCHEY, CLYNE, CLYNTON, COAL, COATES, COCKBURN, CODY, COFFEY, COGHLAN, COLE, COLEMAN, COLESTON, COLGAN, COLLIGAN, COLLINS, COLLOMB, COLLUM, COLLUMB, COLM, COLMAN, COLO, COLOR, COLREAVY, COLSTEN, COLTER, COLUMB, COMESKY, COMISKAY, COMISKEY, COMMISKEY, COMMISKY, McCOMMONS, McCOMNIC, McCOMUS, McCONACHY, CONAGHTON, CONAN, CONATY, CONBOY, CONCANNON, McCONCHY, CONDRAN, CONDRON, CONEFRY, CONERTON, McCONKEY, CONLAN, CONLON, McCONNAGHY, CONNAGHTON, CONNATON, CONNAUGHTEN, CONNAUGHTON, CONNAUGHTY, CONNEFFREY, CONNELL, McCONNELL, O'CONNELL, CONNELLY, CONNER, CONNERTON, McCONNIC, CONNION, CONNOLLY, CONNOR, O'CONNOR, CONNORS, CONROY, CONRY, CONVOY, CONWAY, COOGAN, COOGROVE, COOKE, COONAN, COONEY, COORLY, McCOPIN, McCOPPEN, COPPIN, McCOPPIN, CORAN, CORCON, CORCORAN, McCORD, CORDIAL, CORDNER, CORELEY, CORICAN, CORMACK, CORMICK, McCORMACK, McCORMIC, McCORMICK, CORNAN, CORR, CORRIGAN, CORRIN, CORRY, CORVEN, COSGRAVE, COSGREVE, COSGROVE, COSTELLO, COSTELLOE, COTTON, COUGHLAN, COUGHLIN, COULTER, COURTENEY, COURTENY, COURTNEY, COUSIN, COWAN, COWEN, COX, McCOY, COYLE, COYNE, CRAIG, CRAINOR, CRANE, CRANIOR, CRAVASS, CRAWFORD, CRAYNOR, CRAYTHORN, McCREADY, CREAGAN, CREAGH, CREAGHTON, CREAN, CREED, CREEGAN, CREGAN, McCREERY (?), McCREEVE, McCREEVY (?), CREIGHTON, CREMORE, McCRIFFE, CRILLANE, CRINIGAN, CRINNIGAN, CRISTY, CRODAN, McCRODDAN, CROFTON, McCROFTON, CROGAN, CROGHAN, CRONAN, McCRONE, CRONIN, CRONOGE, CRONOGUE, CROOKSHANK, CROSBY, CROSSAN, McCROTHERS, CROUGHAN, CROW, CROWE, CRUDDAN, CRUDDEN, McCRUDDEN, CRUIKSHANK, McCRUTHERS, CRYAN, CUDDY, McCUDE, CUE, McCUE, CUFFE, CUGGY, CULLANE, CULLEERY, CULLEN, CULLEY, CULLIGAN, CULLIN, CULLINAN, CULLION, CULLUM, CULLY, CULRANY, CULRENY, CULRERY, CULREVY, CULVERY, CUMMINS, McCUMMINS, CUMMUSKY, CUNNINGHAM, CUNNION, CURLEY, CURNEEN, CURRAN, CURREN, CURRY, CURWIN, CUSACK, McCUSKER, McCUTCHEN, McCUTCHEON, McCUTCHION, CUTLER, DALE, DALTON, DALY, DANIEL, McDANIEL, McDANNIEL, McDANNIELL, DARCY, DARDIS, DARGAN, McDARLY, DARMODY, DARNLY, DAVIS, DAVYS, DAVISON, DAVITT, DAWSON, DAY, DEACON, DEAL, DEAN, DEANE, DEAR, DEARMODY, DeBURGH, DEEHAN, DEERING, DEFFLEY, DEGNAN, DEHENY, DELAHUNTY, DELAMERE, DELAMOURE, DELANE, DELANEY, DELANY, DELANOUR, DELAWARE, DEMPSEY, DEMPSY, DENANY, DENEHAN, DENIGAN, DENING, DENISTON, DENNAN, DENNEHY, DENNIHY, DENNENY, DENNIGAN, DENNIN, DENNING, DENING, DENNISON, DENNISTON, DeRICCI, DERIVAN, McDERMOD, DERMODY, McDERMOT, McDERMOTT, DERNAN, DERRIN, DERVIN, DERWAN, DERWIN, DEVAN, DEVANY, DEVELAN, DEVELIN, DEVERELL, DEVERILL, DEVIN, DEVINE, DEVITT, DEVELAN, DEVELIN, DEVLIN, DIAMOND, DIAS, DIFFERLY, DIFFELY, DIFFLEY, DIGBY, DIGNAN, DILLON, DIMLEVY, DIMOND, DINEGAN, DINIGAN, DINNEGAN, DINNIN, DIRWAN, DIVAN, DIVINE, DIXON, DOBBYN, DOBSON, DOGHERTY, DOHERTY, DOLAN, McDONAGH, DONAHER, DONAHOE, McDONALD, DONEGAN, DONELAN, McDONELL, DONER, DONICAN, DONIGAN, DONLAN, DONLON, DONNELL, McDONNELL, O'DONNELL, DONNELLAN, DONNELLY, DONNOLLY, DONOCHO, DONOGHOE, DONOHOE, McDONOUGH, DONOVAN, DOOGAN, McDOOL, DOOLADY, DOOLAN, DOOLEY, DOOLY, DOOLIN, DOONAGAN, DOONAN, DOONER, DOONICAN, DOONIGAN, DOORAS, DOORIES, DOORIGAN, DOORIS, DOORY, DOPPING, DORAN, DORRIS, DOUGLAS, DOUGLASS, DOURIGAN, DOWD, McDOWD, DOWDAL, DOWDALL, DOWDLE, McDOWEL, McDOWELL, DOWLER, DOWLING, DOWNES, DOWNEY, DOWRE, DOYLE, DRAKE, DRAPER, DREW, DRULEN, DRUM, DRUMLY, DUBOURDIEU, DUCK, DUDGEON, DUFF, DUFFEY, DUFFY, DUGAN, DUGDALE, DUGGAN, DUIGAN, DUIGNAN, DUIGENAN, DUKE, DUNGAN, DUNCAN (?), DUNICAN, DUNLEAVY, DUNLEVY, DUNLOP, DUNN, DUNNE, DUNNIGAN, DUNNING, DUNSTAN, DURCAN, DURGANDY, DURIN, DURKIN, DURMODY, DUWAN, DWYER, DYAS, DYER, EAGAR, EAKINS, EAMUS, EANNIS, EARLEY, EARLY, EAVERS, EBBITT, ECCLES, EDGEWORTH, EDMONDS, EEVERS, EGAN, EGENTON, EGGINTON, EIVERS, ELDON, ELLIOT, ELLIOTT, ELLIS, ELLIT, McELROY, ELYNN, McENIFF, ENNIS, McENTEE, McENTIRE, EOX, ERWIN, EUSTACE, McEVAGH, McEVEAGH, EVER, EVERS, EVOR, McEVOY, EWERS, EYRE, EYRES, McFADDEN, FAGAN, FAHEY, FAHY, FALKNER, FALLEN, FALLON, FALLOW, FALY, FANDY, FANE, FANNIN, FANNING, FANNON, FANTRY, FARLANE, FARLEY, FARLOW, FARRALLY, FARREL, FARRELL, O'FARRELL, FARRELLY, FARRIS, FAUGHNAN, FAULKNER, FAY, FAYNE, FEALY, FEARON, FEE, McFEE, FEEHELY, FEEHERY, FEEHILY, FEEHY, FEELEY, FEELY, FEEMEN, FEEMY, FEENEY, FEENY, FEEREY, FEERY, FEGAN, FEHELY, FEILY, FENNELLY, FENNAN, FENNEN, FENNON, FENNY, FENORAN, FERGUSON, FERLY, FERRALLY, FERRALL, O'FERRALL, FERRIS, FERRY, FETHERSTON, FETHERSTONE, FIFE, FILAN, FINERTY, FINGLASS, FINLAY, FINLEY, FINN, FINNAN, FINNEGAN, FINNER, FINNERAN, FINNEY, FINNIN, FINSLEY, FITSIMONS, FITZGERALD, FITZIMON, FITZPATRICK, FITZSIMMONS, FITZSIMONS, FLAGHERTY, FLAHERTY, FLANAGAN, O'FLANAGAN, FLANIGAN, FLANNAGAN, FLATTERY, FLEMING, FLENNON, FLINN, FLOOD, FLOUR, FLOURE, FLOWER, FLYNN, FLYNNE, FOLEY, FORAN, FORBES, FORD, FORDE, FORREST, FORY, FOSTER, FOUGHNAN, FOX, FOY, FOYNES, FRANCIS, FRANE, FRAYNE, FRAZER, FREANE, FRES, FRIARY, FRISSELL, FRIZZELL, FRY, FUERY, FULHAM, FULLAM, FULLAN, FULLUM, FUNY, FURROGHY, FUREY, FURY, FYE, GAFFENY, GAFFNEY, GAFNEY, GAHAN, GAHARAN, McGAHARAN, GAHEN, GAHERTY, GAINOR, GAINS, GALAGHER, GALAN, GALBRAITH, GALLAGHER, GALLIGAN, GALLONAGH, GALVIN, GAMBEL, GAMBLE, GAMERSON, GANLEY, GANLY, McGANLY, McGAN, McGANN, GANNON, GARA, GARAHAN, McGARAHAN, GARDINER, GARGAN, McGARL, GARRAGHAN, McGARRAGHAN, GARRAHAN, McGARREL, McGARRELL, GARRON, GARREY, GARRY, McGARRY, GARTY, GARVEY, GAUGHRAN, McGAURIN, McGAUVERN, GAVAN, GAVIN, McGAVER, McGAVERN, GAVAGAN, GAVIGAN, McGAWLEY, GAYNOR, GEARTY, GEE, McGEE, GEEHAN, GEELAN, GEENTY, McGEIR, GELNA, GELSHENAN, McGENILL, McGENNIS, GEOGHEGAN, McGEON, GEORGE, McGEOUGH, McGEOY, GERAGHTY, GERAGHY, GERARTY, GERATY, GERRAGHTY, McGERL, McGERR, GERRARD, McGERSHAN, GERTY, GETTINGS, GHEE, McGHEE, GIBBONS, McGIBNEY, GIBSON, McGIFF, McGIFFE, GILBRIDE, GILCHREEST, GILCHRIEST, GILCHRIST, GILCREEST, GILCRIEST, GILDEA, GILES, GILHOLY, GILHOOLY, GILL, McGILL, GILLAR, GILLEESY, GILLAN, GILLEN, GILLERAN, GILLIAN, GILLIARD, GILLIGAN, GILLOOLY, GILLNA, GILLS, GILMARTIN, GILMOR, GILMORE, GILMURRY, GILNA, GILNAGH, GILPIN, GILROY, McGINN, McGINNIS, GINTY, McGINTY, GIPSON, McGIRL, McGIVEN, McGIVNEY, GLADE, McGLADE, GLANCEY, GLANCY, McGLANE, GLANFIELD, GLEAVY, GLENNING, GLENNON, McGLERIGHLIN, McGLINN, GLINNEN, GLINNIN, McGLOUGHLAN, McGLOUGHLIN, McGLYNN, McGLYNNE, McGOEY, GOFF, McGOGHAN, GOLDEN, GOLDRICH, GOLDRICK, McGOLDRICK, GOLDSBURY, McGOLRICK, McGONAGHAN, GOODIN, GOODWIN (?), GOOLDRICK, GOOLSBURY, McGOORLEY, GORAGHAN, GORDAN, GORDON, McGORLICK, GORMAN, GORMBY, GORMLEY, GORMLY, McGORRAGHAN, GORRINGTON, GOSLIN, GOSSELAN, GOSSELIN, GOSSELLIN, McGOUGHNA, GOULDRICH, McGOULDRICH, GOULDRICK, GOULDRISK, GOULDSBURY, GOUNLEY, McGOURY, McGOVERIN, McGOVERN, McGOVRIN, McGOWAN, McGOWRAN, GRADY, O'GRADY, GRAHAM, GRANARD, McGRANE, GRANIGAN, GRANT, McGRATH, GRATTAN, GRAY, GREAGHON, GREAHAN, GREAHON, McGREAL, GREALIS, GREALLY, GREALY, GREEN, GREENE, GREER, GREGG, GREGORY, GREHAN, GRENNAN, GREVELLE, GREVILL, GREVILLE, GREY, GRIER, GRIFFIN, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, GROGAN, GROWNEY, GRUMLEY, GUERIN, McGUGHNA, GUILLAN, McGUIN, McGUINESS, McGUINNESS, McGUIRE, GUIRK, McGUIRK, GUMLY, GUNN, GUNNERY, GUNNING, GUNNON, GUNSHEMON, GUNSHENNON, GUNSHENON, GURD, McGURK, GURL, McGURNEY, GURRAN, GURRY, McGURRY, McGUSTY, GUTHERIE, GUTTREE, GUY, HACKETT, HADIAN, HAFFERT, HAFFORD, HAFORD, HAGAN, O'HAGAN, HAGARTY, HAGERTY, HAGGIN, HAGGINS, HAINES, HAIRE, HALFPENNY, HALIAN, HALL, HALLIDAY, HALLIGAN, HALLORAN, HALPIN, HALY, HAM, HAMB, HAMM, HAMILTON, HAMPSON, HANAGAN, HANAVAN, HANBY, HAND, HANDLEY, HANIFY, HANLEY, HANLIN, HANLON, O'HANLON, HANLY, HANNAN, HANNIGAN, HANS, HAPKINS, O'HARA, HARDING, HARDWICK, HARE, HARKIN, HARKINS, HARMAN, HARRICK, HARRINGTON, HARRIS, HARRISON, HARRISS, HARRISSON, HARTAN, HARTEN, HART, HARTE, HARTON, HARTS, HARVEY, HARWICK, HASSETT, HATCHET, HATTON, HAVREY, HAWKSEY, HAY, HAYDEN, HAZLEWOOD, HEALLY, HEALY, HEAMY, HEANEY, HEANY, HEARD, HEARN, HEARNY, HEARY, HEATHER, HEAVIHAN, HEAVY, HEENEY, HEFFERNAN, HEGARTY, HELDON, HELIAN, HELY, HENDERSON, HENNESSY, HENRY, McHENRY, HENSON, HERA, HERAN, HERON, HERRAGHTY, HERSON, HERVY, HESAN, HESLAN, HESLER, HESLIN, HESLING, HESLON, HESSAN, HETHERINGTON, HETHERTON, HEVEY, HEVY, HEWITT, HEWSON, HEY, HICKEY, HIGGINS, HIGLAN, HILIARD, HILL, HILLIARD, HILYARD, HINDS, HISLON, HOARE, HOAX, HOBICAN, HOEY, HOGAN, HOGG, HOLIDAY, HOLLIGAN, HOLLOWAY, HOLMES, HOLTAN, HOLTON, HONRICAN, HOPE, HOPKIN, HOPKINS, HORAN, HORNECK, HORNICK, HORSE, HORTON, HOSEY, HOURICAN, HOURIGAN, HOUSTON, HOWARD, HOWDEN, HOWISON, HOWRICAN, HOXEY, HOY, HOYNES, HUDSON, HUET, HUGGINS, HUGH, McHUGH, HUGHES, HUNT, HURLEY, HURSON (?), HUSSON, HUSSEY, HUTCHINSON, HUTTON, HYDE, HYLAND, HYNDS, HYNES, IGO, IGOE, INGERTON, McINIFF, INNES, McINTEE, McINTYRE, IRELAND, IRVIN, IRWIN, ISDELL, IVERS, JACKSON, JEFFARS, JERDAN, JESOP, JESSOP, JEVERS, JOB, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORDAN, JORK, JOYCE, JUDGE, JURDAN, McKALINEY, KANAVAN, KANE, KAVANAGH, KAVENNY, KAYS, KEALTY, KEALY, KEAN, KEANE, KEARNEY, KEARNS, KEARY, KEATING, KEATON, KEAVENY, KEAVERY, KEEFFE, O'KEEFFE, KEEGAN, KEELAGHAR, KEELAGHER, KEENA, KEENAN, KEENY, KEERNAN, KEERNY, KEEVAN, KEGNEY, KEHOE, KEILLY, KEIRNAN, KEIRNS, KELAGHAN, KELAGHER, KELAHER, KELLEHER, KELLETT, KELLY, KENA, KENAGHAN, KENAVAN, McKENLY, KENMY, KENNA, McKENNA, KENNEDY, KENNICK, KENNEY, KENNY, McKENSIE, KENT, McKENTER, McKENZIE, KEOGAN, KEOGH, McKEOGH, KEOGHAN, KEON, McKEON, McKEOWN, KERAGHAN, McKERE, KERENS, KERIGAN, KERIVIN, KERNAN, KERNS, KERR, KERRIGAN, KERTLAND, KERWIN, KESHAL, KESHALL, KEVINS, McKEW, KEYES, KIDD, KIDNEY, KIEF, KIELTY, KIERAN, KIERNAHAN, KIERNAN, KIERNEY, KIHIL, KILBRIDE, KILBY, KILDAY, KILDUFF, KILKENNY, KILLAGHAN, KILLAMID, KILLAN, KILLANE, KILLEEN, KILLIAN, KILLIGHER, KILLIMADE, KILLIMID, KILLION, KILMARTIN, KILMURRY, KILROY, KINAGHAN, KINCAID, KINE, KINEAGHAN, KING, KINGSTON, KINGSTONE, KINKAID, KINLAN, McKINLEY, KINLY, McKINLY, KINNAGHAN, KINNARD, KINSELLA, KINSLEY, KIRK, KIRKLAND, KIRTLAND, KIRWAN, KNIGHT, KNOWLES, KYNE, LACKEY, LACY, LALLY, LALOR, LAMB, LAMBERT, LANE, LANGAN, LANGEN, LANGFIELD, LANGSTAFF, LANGWELL, LANIGAN, LANLON, LANTRY, McLAREN, LARKIN, McLARNEY, LARY, LARRY, LATTIMER, LAUGHERY, LAURENCE, McLAURENCE, McLAURIN, LAVIN, LAWLESS, LAWLER, LAWLOR, LAWRENCE, LAWSON, LAYCOCK, LEAHY, LEAREY, LEARY, LEAVY, LEAVEY, LECKY, LEDDY, LEDWICH, LEDWIDGE, LEDWITH, LEE, LEECH, LEES, LEEVY, LEFROY, LEGG, LEGGE, LEIGHTON, LENAGHAN, LENAHAN, LENEHAN, LENIHAN, LENIHEN, LENNON, LEONARD, LE POER TRENCH, LESLIE, LESTER, LEVEY, LEVINGE, LEVY, LEWIS, LEYDEN, LINDEN, LINDER, McLINEY, LINN, LINNAHAN, LINNEHAN, LITTLE, McLLOUGHLIN, LLOYD, LOE, LOGAN, LOLAN, LONEY, LONG, LONGFORD, LOOGAN, LOONEY, LORIGHAN, LORTON, LOUGHERAN, LOUGHERY, McLOUGHERY, McLOUGHLAN, LOUGHLIN, McLOUGHLIN, LOUGHNEY, LOUGHRAN, LOUGHREY, LOURY, LOVETT, LOWE, LOWRY, L'POER TRENCH, LUDLOW, LYME, LYNAGH, LYNAM, LYNAUGH, LYNCH, LYNN, LYONS, LYSTER, MAC, (MacCORMICK, MacNAMEE etc. : See Cormick, Namee etc.), MACCAN, MACHARNESS, MACKEN, MACKIN, MACKEY, MACLEAN, MACLIFF, MACRIFFE, MADDEN, (MAGANN, MAGARRELL etc. : See Gann, Garrell etc.), MAGAN, MAGANN, MAGARRELL, MAGARRY, MAGEE, MAGENNIS, MAGHEDY, MAGIFF, MAGILL, MAGIN, MAGINN, MAGOLRICK, MAGORLICK, MAGOURY, MAGRANE, MAGRATH, MAGENNIS, MAGUIRE, MAGURK, MAGURRY, MAHADY, MAHARY, MAHEDY, MAHER, MAHODY, MAHON, McMAHON, MAJOR, MAKEN, MALAGHAN, MALANIFY, MALCADY, MALEADY, MALERVY, MALIN, MALINN, MALLEN, MALLIN, MALLINS, MALLON, MALLOW, MALLOY, MALLY, MALONE, MALONEY, MALOY, MANACLE, MANGAN, MANION, MANLEVERER, MANN, McMANN, MANNING, MANNION, MANNY, McMANUS, MARA, MARKEY, MARLOW, MARSDEN, MARSHAL, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MASLIN, MASON, MASTERSON, MATERS, MATHEWS, MATLEY, MATTHEWS, MAUDE, MAURICE, MAXWELL, MAYERS, MAYLYNN, MAYNE, (McCORMICK, McNAMEE etc. : See Cormick, Namee etc.), MEAGHER, MEARLY, MEARS, MEE, MEEHAN, MEEKINS, MEHAN, MEIGHAN, MELIA, MELLENY, MELLERVEY, MELODY, MELVIN, MERIGAN, MERRIGAN, MERRYMAN, MEYERS, MIDDLETON, MILEY, MILLER, MILLS, MILTON, MIMNAGH (?), MIMNOGH, MINNA, MINTON, MIRNNA, MITCHELL, MOFFATT, MOFFIT, MOFFITT, MOHAN, MOLAGHAN, MOLLAGHAN, MOLLAGHER, MOLLOGHAN, MOLLOGHER, MOLOGHAN, MOLLOY, MOLONEY, MONAGHAN, MONAHAN, McMONAGLE, MONCRIEFF, MONCRIFF, MONGAN, MONK, MONOHAN, MONTFORD, MONTGOMERY, MOONEY, MOORCRAFT, MOORCROFT, MOORE, O'MOORE, MOORHEAD, MOOREHEAD, MOOTY, MORAGHAN, MORAN, MORAY, MORE, MORGAN, MORISS, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORRISS, MORRISSON, MORROUGH, MORROW, MORTON, MOUGHTY, MOXAM, MOXHAM, MOYAN, MUCADEN, MUCCADY, MUGHTY, MULALLY, MULCAHY, MULCANNON, MULCRONE, MULDOON, MULDOWNY, MULERRY, MULERVY, MULFALL, MULHAIR, MULHALL, MULHANNAN, MULHARE, MULHEERIN, MULHERAN, MULHERIN, MULHERN, MULLADY, MULLALY, MULLALLY, MULLAN, MULLANIFF, MULLANEY, MULLANY, MULLEADY, MULLEEDY, MULLEN, MULLERVY, MULLHOOLY, MULLIGAN, MULLIGAR, MULLIN, MULLINS, MULLOOLY, MULLOWNEY, MULLOY, MULRAIN, MULREADY, MULRENNY, MULRHINE, MULROONEY, MULROONY, MULRY, MULRYAN, MULSTAY, MULVANY, MULVEHIL, MULVEY, MULVIHIL, MULVIHILL, MULVIHILLE, MULVY, MUNNAGH, MURLY, MURPHY, MURRAY, MURRY, MURTA, MURTAGH, MURTHA, MUSTERS, MYLEY, McNABBS, McNABOE, McNABOO, NAGLE, NALLY, McNALLY, McNAMARA, McNAMEE, NANERY, NANGLE, NANNERY, NARRIS, NAREY, NARRY, NARY, NAUGHTEN, NAUGHTON, NAVAN, NAVIN, NEAGLE, NEAL, O'NEAL, NEALAN, NEARNEY, NEARY, NEAVIN, NEDLY, NEEDHAM, NEEDOM, NEEL, NEIL, O'NEIL, NEILL, McNEILL, O'NEILL, NERNEY, McNERNEY, NERTNEY, McNERTNEY, NESTNEY, McNESTNEY, NESBITT, NEVIN, NEW, NEWCOMBE, NEWCOMAN, NEWCOMEN, NEWMAN, NEWSTEAD, NEWTON, NICHOLLS, NICHOLSON, NICOLLS, McNIFF, NIVEN, NIXON, NOBLE, NOLAN, NOND, NOON, NOONAN, NORRIS, NORTH, NORTON, NOUD, NOWLAN, NUGENT, NULTY, OATES, OATS, (O'BRIEN, O'HARA etc.: See Brien, Hara etc.), OLIVER, OLWELL, ONION, OONS, OROHOE, ORE, ORR, ORRELL, ORWELL, OTWAY, OWEN, McOWEN, OWENS, PACKENHAM, PADDEN, PAGE, PAITLAND, PAKENHAM, PALFREY, PALLISER, PARKE, PARKER, PARKENSON, PARKINSON, PARKS, PARLE, McPARNELL, PARR, PARTLAN, McPARTLAND, PARTRIDGE, PATRIDGE, PATTEN, PATTERSON, PAYNE, PAYTON, PEARSE, PEATTON, PENDER, PENDERKIN, PEPPER, PERCEVAL, PERCEVELL, PERCIVAL, PERROTT, PERRY, PETER, PETRIDGE, PETIT, PETTIT, PHARIS, PHELAN, PHIPPS, PHILIPS, PHILLIPS, PIERCE, PIERSE, PIGEON, PILLSWORTH, PILSON, PILSWORTH, PINDER, PITMAN, PLANT, PLUNKET, PLUNKETT, POER, POOL, POOR, POPPHAM, PORTER, POTTER, POUSTIR, POWELL, POWER, POYNTON, PRENTICE, PRESTON, PRICE, PRIDAY, PRIOR, PRUNTY, PUGH, PURDY, McQUADE, QUAN, QUANN, QUIGLEY, QUIGLY, QUILLAN, McQUILLAN, QUIN, QUINLAN, QUINN, McQUIRK, RAFFERTY, RAHERTY, RANKIN, RATIGAN, RATIKEN, RATTICAN, RATTIGAN, RAUL, RAWL, RAWLINS, RAWLINSON, RAYMOND, REA, READE, REAL, REALY, REARDON, REDDICAN, REDDIHAN, REDDY, REDIHAN, REEHIL, REEL, REERNAN, REGAN, REID, REILLY, REILY, O'REILLY, RENNICK, RERETON, REYNOLDS, RHATAGAN, RHATEGAN, RHATIGAN, RHAWL, RHEEL, RHEIL, RHIEL, RICCI, RICE, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RICHMOND, RICKARDS, RICKELL, RIELLY, RIELY, RILEY, RIORDAN, O'RIORDAN, RIPTON, RIVERS, ROBERTS, ROBINS, ROBINSON, ROCHFORT, ROCK, RODDIN, RODGERS, RODDY, RODY, ROE, ROGAN, ROGER, ROGERS, ROLE, ROLINS, ROLLINS, ROONEY, ROPER, RORKE, ROSE, ROSENGREAVE, ROSS, ROURKE, ROWAN, ROWEN, ROWLEY, ROWLY, ROYAN, RUDDEN, RUDDY, RUNGELING, RUSH, RUSSEL, RUSSELL, RUXTON, RYAN, RYDER, RYLANDS, SADLIER, SALMON, SAMON, SAMMONS, SANDS, SANDYS, SAVAGE, SCALES, SCALLY, SCANLAN, SCANLON, SCLINE, SCOTT, SCULLY, SEARY, SEEREY, SEERY, SENTER, SESNAN, SESNON, SETTIMERE, SEXTON, SHADDOCK, SHAFFREY, SHANAGHAN, McSHANE, SHANLEY, SHANLY, SHANNON, SHARKEY, SHARKY, SHAUGHNESSY, SHAW, SHEA, SHEEHAN, SHEERAHAN, SHEERAN, SHEERIN, SHEIL, SHEILL, SHELLY, SHENAN, SHEPPARD, SHERA, SHERAN, SHEREMAN, SHERIDAN, SHERKY, SHERLOCK, SHERRETT, SHERWOOD, SHEVELIN, SHEVLIN, SHIEL, SHIELL, SHIRLEY, SHIRLY, SHORE, SHORKEY, SHORT, SHORTLEY, SHORTS, SHULDHAM, SHURT, SHUT, SIMONS, SIMPSON, SIMS, SING, SINNOTT, SKALLY, SKEFFINGTON, SKELLY, SKIPTON, SKORKY, SLACK, SLATER, SLATOR, SLATTERY, SLAVIN, SLEATOR, SLEVIN, SLIEVIN, SLIMNON, SLOANE, SLOEY, SMALL, SMITH, SMYTH, SNEYD, SODEN, SOMERS, SOMMERS, SOOGAN, SOOHAN, SORAGHAN, SORAHAN, SORDEN, SORLEY, SPALLIN, SPEAR, SPEARMAN, SPEER, SPEREMAN, SPILLANE, SPOLLEN, SPOONER, STAFFORD, STAKEHAM, STAKEN, STAMP, STANLY, McSTAY, STEAKAM, STEEL, STEELE, STEPHENS, STEPHENSON, STEVENSON, STEWARD, STEWART, STINT, ST. JOHN, STOCKDALE, STOKER, STOKES, STOREY, STORY, STRAIN, STRATFORD, STRITCH, STRONG, STUBBS, SULLIVAN, SUMMERS, SUNDERLAND, SUTCLIFFE, SUTECLIFFE, SUTLIFF, SUTTON, SWEENEY, SWEENY, SWIFT, SYDSERFFE, SYNGE, SYNNOTT, TAAFE, TAAFFE, TAIGUE, McTAIGUE, TAITE, TALLON, TALLY, TANDY, TANNER, TANSEY, TANSY, TARANT, TATE, TAYLOR, TEAGUE, McTEAGUE, TEIRNAN, TELFORD, TEVLIN, McTEY, THOMPSON, THORNTON, THRIMBLE, TIERNAN, TIERNEY, TIGHE, TIMMS, TIMMES, TIMS, TINAN, TINNER, TOBIN, TOBYN, TODD, TOMLINSON, TOGHER, TOHER, TOOHER, TOOLE, TOOLL, TOOMAN, TOORNAN, TORMEY, TRACEY, TRACY, TRAP, TRAPP, TRAVERS, TREACY, TRELFORD, TRENCH, TRESHAM, TRIMBLE, TROT, TROTT, TRUS, TUITE, TULLAGH, TULLY, TUMBLETYE, TUNNEY, TUOHILL, TURNER, TURY, TWADDLE, TWOHILL, TYNAN, TYRELL, TYRRELL, URAHOE, URICO, URRELL, URRIHO, URWELL, McVAGH, VANCE, VAUGHAN, McVEAGH, McVEETY, McVENA, VERCHOYLE, VEESY, VESEY, VICARY, VICTOR, VICTORY, McVITTY, McVITY, WADE, WALDRON, WALKER, WALL, WALLACE, WALPOLE, WALSH, WARD, WARREN, WARRINGTON, WATERS, WATSON, WATTERS, WAUGHS, WEBB, WEBSTER, WEEKES, McWEENY, WEST, WHEELAUGHAN, WHEELER, WHELAN, WHITBY, WHITE, WHITELAW, WHITLEY, WHITLOW, WHITNEY, WIGGINS, WILDER, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILMAN, WILSON, WINN, WINTERS, WISELY, WOOD, WOODS, WOOLSLEY, WREN, WRIGHT, WRIN, WYBRANTS, WYNNE, YORK, YORKE, YOUNG.

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Surnames of County Longford

SURNAMES OF COUNTY LONGFORD by David Leahy

First Published in Irish Roots Magazine (Belgrave Publications), Issue 2, 1997, pp 20-21

County Longford is the second smallest County in Ireland, occupying almost 423 square miles, and is situated in the midlands. The population has seen a massive reduction from a peak of 115,491 in 1841 to just 30,138 in 1996 due to the potato famine of 1845-8 and subsequent emigration exceeding the rates for many of the western seaboard counties in the last century.

Geography of Longford

The county is uniquely situated on the border of the three provinces of Connaught, Ulster and Leinster. It has as its western boundary the longest river in Ireland, at over 150 miles, the Shannon. The county also forms part of Ireland's lake district, the most notable being Lough Ree and Lough Forbes on the River Shannon and Lough Gowna in the north of the county.
Five counties are visible from Corn or Cairn Hill (formerly Sliabh Carbry), the highest point in the county at 912 feet. This location is said to be the burial place of Farbuidhe Fer Benn who killed Queen Maeve by a sling shot as she was at her bathing place on Inchcleraun Island in Lough Ree.

The south-west of the county contains a large area of raised bog/peatland. Peatlands comprise over 80 square miles or one fifth of the county’s area. In former times these bog areas were traversed by a series of toghers or causeways (wooden trackways). A section of one of these toghers dating from 147 BC is preserved in the Corlea Bog Centre near Keenagh village. Other toghers in the area date as far back as the Stone Age circa 3500 BC indicating that the county has been inhabited for more than 5,500 years.

Indeed the county has been well served from the transportation point of view with the arrival of the Royal Canal, linking Dublin with the River Shannon at Cloondara, County Longford and completed in 1818. Longford is also on the main Sligo to Dublin railway which was constructed as far as Longford in 1855. The canal, railway, and both the army barracks and police barracks were responsible for the introduction of many new surnames to the county over the past couple of centuries.

The placenames of the county reflect not only their Gaelic origin such as Longford, the county town, which takes its name from Longphuirt Ui Fheargail or 'Fortress of the Farrells', but also their planter/settler origin, with Edgeworthstown being named after the Edgeworths, Lanesborough after the Lanes and Newtownforbes after the Forbes. These latter three places are also known by their earlier Gaelic names of Mostrim, Ballyleague and Lisbrack, respectively. Other towns such as Granard and Ballymahon as well as several villages including Ardagh (National Tidy Town winner in 1989 and 1996), Ballinamuck (scene of the famous battle in 1798 in which the British forces defeated a combined French and Irish force of United Irishmen), and Newtowncashel (National Tidy Town winner in 1980) are dispersed throughout the county.

Longford History

Up to the eighth century County Longford was formerly known by the names Conmaicne and Anghaile (Annaly) as well as Teathbha (Teffia) up to the formation of the present county in 1570. Having formerly belonged to the province of Connaught and later Meath (or North Leinster) it currently belongs to the province of Leinster.

Prior to circa 1100 AD, the inhabitants of Ireland were known by names which reflected their paternal descent e.g. Cormack McKiernan McFeargal meaning Cormack the son of Kiernan who in turn was the son of Feargal. Cormack's son Domhnall would have been known as Domhnall McCormack McKiernan (or Domhnall O'Kiernan meaning Domhnall, grandson of Kiernan). Thus, at the evolution of the surname structure as we know it today members of the same family or clan could have adopted differing surnames thus passing them onto their descendants.

O'Hart's Pedigrees and Stem of the Irish Nation gives the genealogies of many of the Clans of Ireland from the creation of Adam. ‘The Annals of the Four Masters’ and the 'Annals of Clonmacnoise', written in 1636 and 1627, document the historical events in Ireland from the creation of Adam up to the years 1408 and 1616. The latter contains more references to the areas around County Longford. The O'Farrells were Chieftains of Annaly and the Foxes (alias Kearney/Carney) were Kings of Teffia from the eleventh century up to the break up of the Irish Clan structures at the end of the sixteenth century.

Surnames

According to James P. Farrell’s Historical Notes of County Longford and Edward MacLysaght’s Irish Families, the clans/septs holding territory in County Longford circa 1550 were: McHugh, Masterson, Flood, Gaynor, Sheridan, Feeny, Conway, Slevin, Murtagh, Gilna, Gilchriest, Tuite, Leavy, McCormack, O’Farrell, Quinn, Gaffney, Mulroy, Gilligan and Cronin.

At the time of the 1901 Census of County Longford, some 350 years later, very few families of the surnames Mulroy/Mulry (2), Tuite (2), Gilna (4), Gaynor (7), Slevin (7), Conway (8), Gilligan/Galligan (8), Gilchriest (12), McHugh (15) and Gaffney/Gavan (19) remained in the County. The surname Cronan/Ronan having disappeared altogether.

In 1901 there were 46,672 inhabitants living in the county — 42,742 being Catholics, 3,403 Church of Ireland, 256 Presbyterians, 203 Methodists and 68 members of other religions.

Presbyterian family names from the 1901 Census, some present since the seventeenth century, included:
Allen, Bothwell, Brock, Buchan, Caldwell, Carothers, Clarke, Conway, Corbitt, Cox, Crawford, Cree, Croskery, Denniston, McDonnell, Dowler, Frayne, Gilmour, Gray, Greer, McGregor, Hamilton, Higgins, Holmes, Hyslop, Irwin, Johnston, Kavanagh, Kelly, Kennedy, McKenzie, Leckey, Legge, Little, Lunam, Madill, Marshall, Moore, Murphy, Plant, Poustie, Poynton, Quigg, Rentoul, Robinson, Rosborough, Ryland, Sadlier, Sheppard, Small, Stephenson, Stewart, Strange, Taylor, Thompson, Trimble, White, Wilson, Wilson-Slator and Woudger.

Methodist family names from the 1901 Census, some present since the early eighteenth century, included:
Atcheson, Allen, Boyd, Burns, Caldwell, Campbell, Cody, McConnell, Cooke, Coole, McCord, McCormack, Diamond, Eakins, Elliott, Fee, Goodwin, Green, Hamilton, Harper, Harris, McIlwrath, Jackson, Lloyd, Mason, Maybury, Mitchell, Newton, Parkinson, Plant, Robinson, Scott, Stewart, Stoker, Swift, Thompson, Vince, Webb and Webster.

Population of County Longford:

1659 : 5,392; 1841: 115,491; 1851: 82,348; 1891: 52,647; 1901: 46,672; 1996: 30,138

According to Matheson's Report concerning the year 1890, the following surnames had County Longford mentioned as a county in which they were principally found (amongst other counties):
Belton, Brady, Briody, Clyne, Coyle, Cumiskey, Donlon/Donnellan, Donohoe, Evers, Farrell, Fox, Gill, Hartin, Hurson, Igoe, Kiernan, Leavy, Masterson, Reilly, Thompson and Whitney.

Anglicised Surnames

The following names have been used synonymously in various County Longford records: Baxter (Buchannan), Grey (Colreavy), Black (Duff), Prior (Friary), Smith (McGowan), Summers (Hourican) and Jordan (Sheridan).

Settler Surnames

Mostly originating from the seventeenth century, these include Achmuty, Adair, Aungier (later Pakenham), Bickerstaff, Blackhall, Bond, Burrowes, Charters, Coates, Dopping, Dowdall, Gregg, Edgeworth, Fetherstone, Forbes, King-Harman, Kingston (McCloughry), Lane, Little, Montfort, Newcomen, Nugent, Sandys, Shuldham, Slator, Thompson, Tuite and Wilder.

Famous Longford People

Lord Baltimore (George Calvert) from whose title the City of Baltimore, Maryland, USA is named took his title from Baltimore, Cloonageeher, County Longford where he resided 1625-1627.

George Clinton, Vice President of the USA 1804-1812, was the son of a County Longford emigrant.

James Bronterre O'Brien, born at Granard, a Founder of the Chartist Movement in England circa 1850.

Francis McCoppin, Mayor of San Francisco, USA 1867-1869, was born at Longford.

Samuel W. Blackhall, Coolamber, County Longford, Governor of Queensland, Australia in 1868.

Thomas C. Scanlen, Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 1881-1884 was the son of a County Longford emigrant.

Edelmiro O'Farrell, possibly of County Longford descent, President of Argentina in 1944.

Literary Longford People

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), born at Pallas, Ballymahon, County Longford.

Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849), born at Black Bourton in Oxfordshire, England and moved to Edgeworthstown, County Longford in 1782.

John Keegan (Leo) Casey, born at Castletown-Geoghegan, County Westmeath but taught at Gurteenclareen School, Ballymahon, County Longford.

Padraic Colum (1881-1972), born at Longford.

Table 1. The 14 most numerous Surnames showing their occurrence in each Co. Longford Catholic Parish from the 1901 Census

	Surname Parish	Reilly/ O'Reilly	Farrell/ O'Farrell	Kiernan/ McKiernan	Brady	Kelly	Kenny	McCormack/ Cormack	Quinn	Smith/ Smyth	Mulligan	Murphy	Casey	Duffy	Donohoe
1	Abbeylara	46	2	15	7	5	3	4	-	7	4	1	1	2	6
2	Ardagh & Moydow	4	51	3	1	8	13	13	3	-	-	-	4	7	1
3	Ballymahon	3	13	-	-	10	4	1	1	3	-	2	4	-	-
4	Bornacoola	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
5	Carrickedmond & Abbeyshrule	4	20	-	-	8	11	17	-	1	1	4	4	1	-
6	Clonbroney	13	11	-	22	4	12	2	5	7	4	6	1	2	4
7	Colmcille	72	8	35	26	5	-	3	3	11	38	7	-	8	22
8	Dromard	53	9	22	19	1	-	9	-	17	28	12	-	32	23
9	Drumlish	30	10	14	15	6	6	3	24	2	1	4	-	4	-
10	Drumraney	9	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
11	Edgeworthstown	17	17	6	7	5	6	6	4	4	1	1	-	5	1
12	Granard	53	10	19	17	14	1	-	3	19	5	3	-	2	8
13	Kilcommoc	2	9	-	-	2	3	8	1	2	-	1	1	-	-
14	Killashee	1	8	-	-	3	1	3	-	2	3	2	13	1	-
15	Killoe	6	6	8	14	12	10	2	24	2	-	15	1	5	2
16	Lanesborough	2	38	-	-	2	8	-	1	2	-	3	12	-	-
17	Legan & Ballycloghan	1	18	2	1	10	14	9	-	-	-	2	3	3	2
18	Longford	11	65	12	8	24	11	17	24	2	1	5	13	3	1
19	Lough Gowna & Mullanalaghta	29	2	35	12	2	-	2	-	4	3	4	-	2	5
20	Moyvore	2	7	-	-	4	5	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
21	Newtowncashel	1	33	-	-	9	9	1	-	5	-	-	15	-	-
22	Newtownforbes	12	5	2	-	6	10	7	5	4	-	9	5	1	1
23	Street	3	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
	No. of Households	374	344	176	149	142	129	110	98	95	90	84	80	78	76
	Rank in County	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	No. of Members	1,787	1,570	806	688	654	560	489	462	521	413	442	356	363	408
	No. of Non - RC households	1	1	-	-	3	9	13	3	1	-	5	-	-	-

Table 2. A comparison of Co. Longford Surnames from 1901, 1890, 1854 and 1659 records:

	No. of Householders in Co. Longford in 1901	No. of members in Co. Longford in 1901	Co. Longford births in 1890	Estimated No. of members in Co. Longford in 1890	No. of Householders in Co. Longford in 1854	No. of Irish names in 1659
(O) Reilly	374	1,787	78	3,494	417	96
(O) Farrell	344	1,570	36	1,612	477	177
(Mc) Kiernan	176	806	24	1,075	173	42
Brady	149	688	13	582	166	23
Kelly	142	654	23	1,030	149	15
Kenny	129	560	<12	<538	153	34
(Mc) Cormack	110	489	<12	<538	148	47
Quinn	98	462	12	538	112	17
Smith	95	521	12	538	95	5
Mulligan	90	413	<12	<538	89	21
Murphy	84	442	14	627	94	-
Casey	80	356	<12	<538	81	12
Duffy	78	363	<12	<538	86	10
Donohoe	76	408	19	851	87	18

Population of County Longford: 5,392 (1659), 115,491 (1841), 82,348 (1851), 52,647 (1891), 46,672 (1901), 30,138 (1996)

Population of Ireland: 8,175,124 (1841), 6,558,385 (1851), 4,704,557 (1891)

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A Longford Connection with South Africa

A LONGFORD CONNECTION WITH SOUTH AFRICA By David Leahy

(First published in Exploring Family Origins and Old Longford Town By Harry Farrell -1990)

EARLIER this year I received a book from Basil Hone who lives in the U.S. whom I had helped with a query about ancestry. The book by Graham Brian Dickason entitled 'Irish Settlers to the Cape - A History of the Clanwilliam 1820 Settlers from Cork Harbour' tells the story of a group of settlers, including thirty-one souls mostly from Longford Town, who emigrated to South Africa in 1820.

They were to avail of the first assisted British emigration scheme which was passed by the British Cabinet in 1819, eighteen years after the Act of Union which united Ireland with Britain, and was aimed at populating the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. In all 90,000 people applied for this scheme and 4,000 eventually sailed in 32 ships, 27 of which sailed from Cork between 27th December, 1819 and August, 1820.

The party from Longford, under William Scanlan, travelled from Longford Town to Cork, a journey of 150 miles and quite a distance in itself in terms of 1820 transport. They set sail in the 'East Indian' from Cobh, Co. Cork on 12th February 1820 and arrived at Simon's Bay, South Africa, on 1st May after a journey of more than 6,000 miles. On 16th May the 'East Indian' carrying 222 passengers, and another ship the 'Fanny' carrying 127 passengers, sailed up the west coast to Saldanha Bay where the passengers disembarked and journeyed the final 80 miles inland to Clanwilliam.

Their stay at Clanwilliam was not a happy one and due to the harsh conditions the majority of the settlers voted to travel on to Albany which had been their original destination. On 21st September they boarded the 'Sir George Osborne' at Saldanha Bay and arrived at Algoa Bay on 30^th September, 1820 and were allocated their land at Albany. By April 1823 of the original 7 families and 3 men from Scanlan's group only 3 families remained at Albany due to a series of crop failures.

Despite this, however, the settlement eventually began to prosper and Thomas Charles Scanlan, son of Charles and grandson of William, became Prime Minister of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from 1881 -1884.

The following is a list of the people who travelled with William Scanlan to South Africa in 1820:-

Name	Age	Occupation and Family Members
Armstrong, James	28	Farmer
Armstrong, John	30	Shoemaker, wife Catherine 27, child Jane 4
Armstrong, Lawrence	28	Farmer, wife Anne 25, child Elizabeth 4
Armstrong, Moses	26	Farmer, wife Jane 25, children Samuel 6 and William 2
Folliott, John	24	Farmer, wife Eleanor 23
Forbes, Alexander	27	Farmer
Forbes, Edward	27	Farmer, wife Harriet (nee McDowell) 27, children Alexander 2 and Harriet 1.
Foster, James	21	Farmer
Frayne, Percival	23	Wheelwright
McCleland, Francis	27	Lay Preacher, wife Elizabeth 20
Matthews, Bevan	21	Carpenter
Scanlan, William	43	Shoemaker, wife Hannah (nee Ross) 42, children William 16, John 12, Charles 10, Thomas 7, Hannah 2 and George 2

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County Longford’s Involvement in World War I (1914 – 1918)

I am currently researching County Longford’s involvement in World War I (1914 – 1918).

In this regard, I have transcribed records of County Longford men who made the supreme sacrifice and who are recorded in Ireland’s Memorial Records.

I am also nearing completion of research into the very informative Longford Leader newspaper files for this period.

My hope is to identify all of the 284 County Longford men who died in WWI with a view to publishing a commemorative book.

I am also utilizing my 1901 Census Index book and detailed census returns to identify the exact residences of those involved.

I would like to make an appeal to visitors to this site for information on family members who were involved in World War I.

In particular, I am interested in copies of any photographs, letters, memoirs or other documentation from the period.

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County Longford Genealogical Research Service

If you wish to obtain details on Occupiers from the c1830 Tithe Applotment Books (names, acreage, Townland, Parish) of County Longford, further information on persons having any of the above surnames listed in the 1854 Griffiths's Primary Valuation of Co. Longford (i.e. Map Reference Number, Occupier, Townland, Civil Parish, Immediate Lessor, Description of Tenement and Area) or full details of family members from the 1901 Census (i.e. names, ages, relationships, native County) or from other County Longford genealogical sources please see my contact e-mail address below.

Inquiries from readers about County Longford families and places, or for further information on those mentioned in my indexes would also be welcomed by the Author who has an abiding interest in both. Let me know all the data you have to hand on your County Longford ancestor(s) and I will provide free advice on possible avenues of research.

Over the past twenty years I have collected numerous sources including Townland information, Electors Lists, Convicts records, Landowners, Military records, Census Returns, Wills, Administrations, Marriages etc. which I have used to assist people tracing their family trees.

At present I am compiling a database of County Longford Emigrants, particularly of those who left pre-1901, as very few if any records of these departures remain in Ireland. I would therefore appreciate information in the following format to be given as accurately as possible: Name of Emigrant, His / Her Parents Names, Birthplace (Parish or Townland if available), Approximate date of Birth, Approximate Year of Emigration and Port of Disembarkation.

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Extracts from ‘The Deserted Village’ by Oliver Goldsmith

Extracts from ‘The Deserted Village’ (1770)

by Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774)

[Lamenting a tyrannical Landlord and migration/emigration of the peasants from the Land]

Sweet Auburn ! loveliest village of the plain,

Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain,

Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,

And parting summer’s lingering blooms delayed;

…..

Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,

Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn;

Amidst thy bowers thy tyrant’s hand is seen,

And desolation saddens all thy green;

…..

And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue,

Pants to the place from whence at first she flew,

I still had hopes, my long vexations passed,

Here to return – and die at home at last.

…..

While words of learned length and thundering sound

Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around,

And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,

That one small head could carry all he knew

…..

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‘The Rising of the Moon’ by John Keegan ‘Leo’ Casey

‘The Rising of the Moon’ (1861)

by John Keegan ‘Leo’ Casey (1846 – 1870), Fenian Poet

[In Memory of the 1798 Rebellion during which the Battle of Ballinamuck, Drumlish, Co. Longford took place]

O then, tell me Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so ?

’Hush mo buachaill, hush and listen’, and his cheeks were all aglow,
’I bear orders from the captain - get you ready quick and soon,
For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon’.
By the rising of the moon, by the rising of the moon,
For the pikes must be together, by the rising of the moon.

O then tell me Sean O'Farrell where the gathering is to be ?
’In the old spot by the river, right well known to you and me.
One more word for signal token - whistle up a marching tune,
With your pike upon your shoulder, by the rising of the moon.’
By the rising of the moon, by the rising of the moon,
With your pike upon your shoulder, by the rising of the moon.

Out from many a mudwall cabin eyes were watching through the night,
Many a manly breast was throbbing for the blessed warning light.

Murmurs passed along the valleys to the Banshees lonely croon
And a thousand pikes were flashing at the rising of the moon.
At the rising of the moon, at the rising of the moon,
And a thousand blades were flashing at the rising of the moon.

There beside the singing river that black mass of men were seen,
Far above their shining weapons hung their own beloved green.
’Death to every foe and traitor !, forward, strike the marching tune’.
And hurrah my boys for freedom; 'tis the rising of the moon’.
‘Tis the rising of the moon, ‘tis the rising of the moon,
And hurrah my boy for freedom, ‘Tis the rising of the moon’.

Well they fought for poor old Ireland, and full bitter was their fate,
Oh what glorious pride and sorrow, fills the name of Ninety-Eight !
Yet, thank God, e'en still are beating hearts in manhood burning noon,
Who would follow in their footsteps, at the risin' of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, By the rising of the moon,
Who would follow in their footsteps, at the rising of the moon.

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