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Coulter, ó Coltaráin, ó Coltair
In 1890 the surname was principally found in Antrim, Down and Fermanagh, and the estimated number of bearers was 2,020.
In the United States it is the 1,586th most numerous surname with an estimated 22,000 bearers.
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First Edition
December 2000
* Seven hundred surnames
* Gaelic form
* English variants
* Septs
* Branches
* Territory of origin
* Distribution in Ireland
* Estimated number of bearers
* Frequency in England and Wales
* Frequency in Scotland
* Frequency in United States
ISBN 1 871509 39 4
Sean Quinn, 57 Glenoughty Close, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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Preface
Glossary
Ancient territories
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Evolution of Irish surnames 4
Chapter 3 Anglicisation of Irish surnames 6
Chapter 4 Surname groups 10
Chapter 5 Distribution and frequency of surnames 13
Hundred most numerous surnames in Ireland 17
Chapter 6 Surnames in England, Wales and Scotland 18
Hundred most numerous surnames in England and Wales 22
Hundred most numerous surnames in Scotland 23
Chapter 7 Surnames in the United States 24
Most numerous Irish surnames in United States 25
Thousand most numerous surnames in United States 30
Main text Surnames in Ireland 37
Sean Quinn, 57 Glenoughty Close, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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Ancestry
Second Edition
November 2000
* Ancestral research
* Records
* Repositories
* Irish surnames
* Family record sheets
* Ancestor charts
* Websites
ISBN 1 871509 34 3
Chapter 1 Introduction to genealogical research 1
Chapter 2 Census Returns 4
Chapter 3 Civil Registration 8
Chapter 4 Parish Registers 10
Chapter 5 Primary Valuation of Tenements 14
Chapter 6 Tithe Composition and Applotment Books 16
Chapter 7 National Library of Ireland 18
Office of the Chief Herald
Chapter 8 National Archives 23
State Paper Office
Chapter 9 Public Records Office, Belfast 27
Chapter 10 Offices of the Registrar-General’s 30
Chapter 11 Registry of Deeds 33
Chapter 12 Other Repositories of Records 35
Royal Irish Academy
Linen Hall Library
Irish Land Commission
Land Valuation Office
Representative Church Body Library
Presbyterian Historical Society Library
Friend·s Library
Irish Jewish Museum
Dublin Local Studies Collection
The Family History Library
L.D.S. Library, Dublin
L.D.S. Library, Belfast
Chapter 13 Keeping family records 39
Family record sheet
Pedigree charts
Chapter 14 Surnames in Ireland 51
Chapter 15 Distribution of surnames 53
Chapter 16 Hundred most numerous surnames 57
Sean Quinn, 57 Glenoughty Close, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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1654 – 1656
The English Parliamentary Government ordered a survey of the ownership of land in Ireland, following the defeat of the Irish in the Rising of 1641. This was in order that the war that had been waged in Ireland could be paid for with Irish land.
VOLUME III : Counties of Donegal, London-Derry and Tyrone
As prepared for publication by
Robert C. Simmington
Of the Quit Rent Office, Dublin
Published by the Stationary Office in 1937
on behalf of the
Irish Manuscripts Commission
Sean Quinn, 57 Glenoughty Close, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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Comprising
A. The Introduction to the Book of Genealogies, by Dubhaltach MacFirbhiaigh.
B. The Ancient Tract on the Distribution of the Aithech-thuatha.
C. The Lecan Miscellany, being a collection of Genealogical Excerpts in the Book of Lecan.
As prepared for publication by
Toirdhealbhac O’Raithbheartaigh M. A.,
Published by the Stationary Office in 1932
on behalf of the
Irish Manuscripts Commission
Sean Quinn, 57 Glenoughty Close, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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