County Laois Surname Registry

Surname	Place, Date	Contact
Macdonnell	Portnehinch ca 1650-ca 1800	Ian Macdonnell
Maher	1788	Chris Mack
Maher	Rathdowney, Harristown 1769	Frank Brierton
Maher, Meagher	Portarlington	Colette O'Rorke
Maher, Maher, Meagher	late 1700's	Jim Cassidy
Maher	Blandsfort c. 1796	Peter Maher
Mahon	Rathdowney 1860, Harristown House	Mary Corcoran
Mahoney	Stradbally, 1778	Arlene Kilbride
Maley	unknown	Janet Mckay
Malone	Mountmellick, Rosenallis pre 1876	J Murphy
Malone	Rathdowney, Ballagi 1769	Frank Brierton
Malone	ca 1832	Patricia M Walter
Maloney	Tumfarna, Stradbally	Leo mckeefry
Maloney	not given	Robert E. Loughman
Maloney	1882	Bernard Maloney
Marshall	1797-1850	Francis Conroy
Marshall	c. 1799	Margaret Conroy
Martin	Durrow 1800-1870's	Jody Boyd
Maschmann	Abbeyleix	Margaret Spearin
Mason	Rathdowney c1700	Marion La Rooij
Mathews	Portarlington	Ronnie Mathews
Matthews	Rosenallis/Mountmellick, 1780 - 1850	Thomas McIlwraith
Matthews	Maryborough/Borris 1780-1840	Lance Matthews
Mat(t)hews	Mountmellick 1780-1850	Brooke Fry
Maurice	Abbeyleix 1700-1900	Roger Stephenson
Maurice, Morris	Abbeyleix, Ballyhupahaun 1720-1950	Kath Kennedy
Mayer	circa 1820	John Ross
McAvoy	Abbeyleix, Knockleith, unknown emigration	Jeanne Baldwin
McAvoy	ca 1840	Frances J Nelson
McAvay	Abbeyleix ca 1830	Harold Erlendson
McAvoy	Ballyfin, early 1800's	Austin Manor
McBride	Offerlane Parish	Wanda Crawford
McCane	Nealstown (Camross)	Aidan McCane
McCann	Clonaslee, 1830 to present	Robyn McCann-Fulk
McCarron	not given	Marge DeGear
McCloskie	Laoighis, 1863 or 64	Ann Plumb
McCormack	Ballyfin 1800-1900	Niamh Blake
McCue	ca 1824 Co Laois	Julie Hernandez
McCullerton	1848-1851	Juliet Moritz
McCullinton	1848-1851	Juliet Moritz
McDermott	unknown	Kim Broomhall
McDonald	Rathdowney	1800s pre 1837
McDonnell	Portarlington 1870s	Geraldine Clarke
McDonald	Crubbin, Ballyroan	Aine McDonald
McDonald	Athy, 1800s	Suzanne M Welles
McDonald	Athy, 1800s	J.R. Crow
McDonald	Wolf Hill 1860	Emma Anne Dow
McDonald	Ballyroan, Cullenagh 1800's	Suzanne M. Welles
McAvoy	Laois 1763	Duward L Smith
McEvoy	not given	John McEvoy
McEvoy	Ballacolla, Abbeyleix	Bill Scanlan
McEvoy	1805 Mount Mellick	Lana Chanda
McEvoy	Arles 1828	Judy Calder
McEvoy	1790 +	Jennifer Day
McEvoy, McAvoy	1820	Ron McEvoy
McEvoy	Mountmellick/1800-1870	Nancy McEvoy
McGrath	Mountrath 1889	Donal McAuliffe
McGrath	Rathdowney, Dunaghmore 1779	Frank Brierton
McGrath	Graiguenasmuttan, Ballinakill , Ballyadams 1700's on	Susan Gomez
McGrath	Mountrath/late 1800's	Joan
McGuiness	Maryborough 1780s-1900s	Wendy Ganly
McIntyre	ca 1807	Russell McIntyre
McKenzie	1800-1832	Chris Dallas
McLarin	1830	Andrew Morgan
McLoughlin	1849	John W Williams
McMullen	Ballenakill, Ballinakill Parish	Lyn David McMullen
McPherson	Clonkeen	Valerie Sullivan
McPherson	1770-1800	Michelle Laycock
McRedmond	Clonaslee	Danny McRedmond
McRoy	1830	Carole M. King
Mealan	Rathdowney, Harristown, Templequain 1766-86	Frank Brierton
Meal(e)y	Pre-1840	Joy Gothe
Meal(e)y	pre 1890	Shane Mealey
Meredith	Queens's county	Sharon Haggerty
Meredith	1770s to early 1800s	Phil Moore
Meredith	Ballyfin/pre 1847	Linda Sherlock
Mihan	not given	Ralph
Millbank	Abbeyleix 1810-77	Tony Millbank
Miller	Vicarstown	Kevin McMahon
Milton	Abbeyleix, 1800s	Colin Milton
Milton	Abbeyleix/1800's	Helen Robinson
Mitchell	1800s	Michael Egan
Mitchell	1800's	Yvonne Pratt
Molloy	Co Laois 1844	Gerard Hollingworth
Moloney	Montrath	Fiona Moloney
Mona(g)han	Pre 1850	Anita Tompkins
Monaghan	1800s	Sandra
Moran	Killabban Parish, ca 1800	Michael Brennan
Mooney	Grennan/Attenagh/Ballyouskill 1790-1890	Tony Mooney
Moore	Knockanina, Mountrath 1785-1900	Seamus Moore
Moore	Laois bef 1822	Peter Moore
Moore	1770s-early 1800s	Phil Moore
Moore	Ballinakill, Abbeyleix 1830-1900	Maryann
Moore	Ballinakill 1835-1870s	Cynthia Simmons
Moore	Rathdowney, Galmoy Parish 1820-1870	Rita Chesteron
Moore	Mountrath	Brenda Perkins
Moran	Mountmellick, ca 1816	Bonnie Ford
Moran	Abbeyleix 1814	Sue Jones
Morgan	Durrow 1750-1850	Kate
Morrell	1812-1864+	David Lindley
Morrisey	Rathdowney, Lisduff 1789	Frank Brierton
Mortimer	1820-1900	Mary Balle
Mortimer	Ardlea, Ballyroan, Abbeyleix 1860-1877	Stuart Michael Gahan
Moss(e)	Maryborough early 1800's	Sandra Tippett
Mountrath	Mountmellick 1793, pre & aft	Judy Hassall
Moyles	Mountmellick area/mid 1800's	Jennifer Clark
Muldowney	Ballyroan 1800/1900	Peter Connolly
Muldowney	Killamuck 1890	Liam Muldowney
Mulhall	Leix 1840	Paddy
Mulhall	Stradbally, 1845	Robert Mulhall
Mulhall	Rathdowney, Templequain 1772	Frank Brierton
Mulhall, Munhall	Abbeyleix/abt 1820-1850	Penny Ford
Mullally, Millea	not given	Thomas Mullally
Mullally	Ballaghmore 1850	Jeane Zavacki
Mullally	Rathdowney 1725-1800	Thomas Mullally
Mullally, Lally	not given	Thomas Mullally
Mullen	Rosenallis, Mountmelic, pre 1843	Julie Beadle
Mullen	not given	Carol Babb
Mullen	Ballylinan 1825-1851	Kenneth Kennedy
Mullins	Ballinakill	Celia Mullins
Murphy	Turra, & Coolglass, 1830s to 1880s	Kerry Murphy
Murphy	Ballickmoyler 1850	Renie Gross
Murphy	Doonane 1850s	Tom Williams
Murphy	abt 1823	Marilyn McQuarrie
Neill, O'Neill	Doonane, Ballylehane 1811 onwards	Joyce
Neill	Ballyharmon 1850-80	Kathleen Neill
Neville	born 1765	William Joseph Neville
Newman	Roskelton 1836	Judy Dwyer
Newman	not given	William Newman
Nolan	Co Leix 1876	James Byrne
Nolan	Doonane 1810+	Jill Morrison
Nolan	Rathdowney, Harristown 1830s	Jeanne Payne
Nolan	1800-1840	Angela Miller
Nolan	1826	June Robinson
Norman	Rosenallis 1780	Judy Hassall
Norton	ca 1804	Louis Gruntz
Norton	Clonbrock, ca 1820	Bob
O'Brien	abt 1816	Brent Gilligan
O'Brien	Ballycleary	Anne Kirkman
O'Connor	Abbeyleix/abt 1831	Penny Ford
Odlum	1820-1880	Jack McLaughlin
Odlum, Oldham	1750-1780	Cynthia McLaughlin
O'Donaghue	Borrison 1816	Edward D Richardson
O'Gorman	Deerpark, Mountrath	Jane Shelton
O'Grady	Rathdowney, b 1875	John Conole
O'Grady	Kyle 1810-1880	Roger W. Jennings
O'Halloran	1840s	Pauline Lighter
O'Keeffe	Clonaslee, 1890s onwards	Joel Winter
Olmsted	1670-1700	Anita R Schmidt
O'Loughln	Port Arlington	Kath Thompson
O'Marah	1843	Kevin O'Marah
O'Meara	Rathdowney 1795 onward	Jennifer Walsh
O'Meara	Mountrath 1850s to date	Paul Gallagher
O'Neil	Doonane/Ballylehane middle 1800s	Joyce Urban
O'Neill	1825 Laois	Lynda Brookhouse
O'Neill	Clopooke, Fallowbeg, early 1880s -1855	Robert Ryan
O'Reilly	Mountrath 1818	Jane Bubier
O'Reilly	County Laois, 1849	Estelle O'Reilly
O'Shea	Crettyard	John Wade
Owen	Abbeyleix, Ballinakill, Rosenallis 1820s	Andrew Graham
Pack(e)	Ballynakill before 1758	Peggy Dolan
Palmer	1797 Mountrath	Eloine L Garwood
Parkinson	Raheen, Mountmellick, Rosenallis	Pat Tomkins
Parkinson	Mountmellick, 1743 pre & aft	Judy Hassall
Parsons	Garradice, 1600s to 1731	Peggy Dolan
Pattison	Offerlane, Coolbanagher area, 1750-1850	Brenda Ayres
Pattison	Mountmellick, 1805	Judy Hassall
Pattison	Mountmellick or Rosenallis 1820s	Jason Pattison
Pattison	1800's	Allan McCulley
Pearson	County Leix/Laois, 1848	Robert Pearson
Peters	Camcloon	Anne Kirkman
Petrie	1875	Mrs. P Lindsay
Phalen, Phelan	1823-1850	Madeline Yanov
Phegan	near Maryborough 1809	Russel Phegan
Phelan	Upper Woods Parish, Abbeyleix	Charles Phelan
Phelan	Boley	Peter Butler
Phelan	Abbeyleix Raheen 1846-56	Dolores Phelan
Phelan	1750-1900	Mary Kathryn
Phelan	Ballyfin, 1912	John Smith
Phelan	not given	Alan Phelan
Phelan	Ballyfin, 1900 onwards	John Smith
Phelan	1775-1850	Mary K Victor
Phelan	Strahard, Mountmellick, 1800 on	Patricia Phelan
Phelan	Ballinakill 1830-1900	Maryann
Phelan	Rushall, 1800 on	Bill Bennett
Phelan	Mountrath/1838+	June Phelan
Phelan	Oldtown, Durrow	Henry Fielding
Phelan	Castletown pre1857-1860; Camross 1861	Gordon Collingwood
Phillips	any place, 1830-1897	Sharon Bofin
Piercy	Rathdowney, Harristown 1779	Frank Brierton
Pigott	Ashfield, 1874 on	William Pigott
Porter	Stradbally late 1700's	Lorraine Vass
Power	Garrintaggart, Dysartgallen Civil Parish 1770s-1818	Brian Powers
Pratt	1800's	Yvonne Pratt
Pratt	Emo/Errill pre-1856	Maureen A. Doyle
Pratt	Mountrath/Abbeyleix	Diana Robinson
Pratt	Clonmore, Clandonagh, Donaghmore, Rathdowney pre-1870	Francis L. Ganard
Price	Westfield, Castletown, Mountrath	Brian Price
Price	Oldcourt, pre 1850s	Mary Parfitt
Pringle	Mountmellick 1758-1817	Patricia Blackstock
Proctor	Killeshin 1880s	Rob Phillips
Proctor	Abbeyleix 1800-1840	Roger Stephenson
Proctor	b 1814 Co. Leix	Wayne Proctor
Purcell	Ballinakill, 1833	Lyn Paget
Purcell	1800s	Meri Car
Purcell	Shragh, Rathdowney District 1860-80s	Mike Purcell
Purcell	Ossary Diocese, Durrow Parish/ca. 1865	Charles Cavanaugh
Pyne	Belmont, Galmoy region /late 1700's early 1800's	Dan Pyne
Quelch	1795 pre & aft	Judy Hassall
Querney	Ballyroan 1800/1900	Peter Connolly
Quigley	Glenbarrow, Rosenallis	lormo5
Quinlan	Ballinakill/late 1800's	Robert Walsh
Quinlan	Kyle 1810-1880	Roger W. Jennings
Quinland	not given	Mary Farley
Quinn	Rathdowney, 1850+	Simon Hunt
Quinn	Maryborough 1820-1850	Michael Johnson
Quinn	Coolroe 1880's	Pat Robinson
Rafter	Durrow 1800-1870's	Jody Boyd
Ramsbottom	Mounteagle or Tullyroe mid 1800's	Michael Whelan
Rankin(s)	Derry, Maryborough, Loughteague 1800s	Louise Rankin
Reddin	ca 1790s unknown	Aggi-Rose Reddin
Redmond	Moyanna 1901	Frank Redmond
Redmond	Mountmellick, Rosenallis pre 1876	J Murphy
Rice	Kilbricken 1700-1800s	Padda Spaans
Richardson	Grangemore	Mildred Hogan
Richardson	Grangemore	Edward D Richardson
Richardson	Rosenallis, before 1821	Basil W Richardson
Richardson	Ahgaboe 1790s	Richardson
Rigney	Rathdowney, Harristown 1781	Frank Brierton
Ring	Tonduff, 1901	Anne-Marie Ring
Ringwood	Ballinakill, 1800-31	Ellae Wilson
Roan	Roscrea, 1790	Jan Mathieson
Roan	Doonane Parish	Joanne Carlson
Roberts	1830-1880	Al Cooper
Robinson	Mountrath & Abbeyleix/1800's	Helen Robinson
Robinson	Rosenallis/Mountmellick, 1780 - 1850	Thomas McIlwraith
Robinson	Mountmellick 1780-1850	Brooke Fry
Roan, Rowan	not given	Joanne Carlson
Rochford	Wolfhill, local JP, there till 1987	Irene M Nicholson
Roddram	Mountmellick ca 1874	Gerry Davy
Roe	1700's+	Evan Roe
Rooney	Clonmore, Garryduff, 1938	K Rooney
Rooney	Garryduff	Helen Rooney
Rourke	Offerlane Parish	Wanda Crawford
Rourke	County Laois, 1800+	Nina Calback
Rourke	Rushin, Mountrath 1700's	Aprile Whyte
Ryan	Mountrath 1854 onwards	Sandra Ryan
Ryan	Mountrath, 1873 onwards	David Wilson
Ryan	Mountmellick 1950	James Ryan
Ryan	Stradbally	Ian Farry
Ryan	Maryborough	Terri Bryan
Ryan	Ballygeehin Upper, 1700s to early 1900s	Cheryl Ryan
Salmon	Clopooke, early 1880s to 1885	Robert Ryan
Saunders	1980 Badger Island	Martin Saunders
Saunders	Abbeyleix, 1940	Martin Saunders
Savage	Grantstown Ballacolla, 1850-1922	William Savage
Savage	Rushall & Clonard mid 1800's	Michael Keogh
Scott	Mountrath 1840s	Susanne Lawson
S(c)ythes, Sides, Sydes	Ballyfin, Clonenagh, Ossory pre 1847	Linda Sherlock
Seale	Co Laois prior to 1860	Peter
Seary	1827 onward	Christine Brind
Sexsmith	1800-1840's	Carol Colvin
Sexsmith	Clonaslee, Rosenallis, Mountmellick 1796 on	Bonny Robillard
Sharpe	Ballinakill, 1900	Rob Agnew
Shaughnessy	1800s	Larry E Shaughnessy
Shaw	General Leix, with a focus on Stradbally, 1750-1850	Tim Shaw
Shaw	1780-1850	Thomas McIlwraith
Sheeran	Durrow, Abbeyleix, 1700s-1900s	Sheridan
Sheeran	Mountrath or Abbeyleix 1700-1800s	Padda Spaans
Sheeran	Abbeyleix or Ballygratte/1860's-1890's	Carol
Sheeran, Sheran	Abbeyleix & Durrow	Sheridan W-F
Sheerin	1800-1860	Roger Gunson
Shelly	Donaghmore, Ballyheggadon, Skirk 1800s	Connie Shelly
Sheridan	Ballinakill, ca 1820	Barbara Bolt
Shortall	Portarlington 1850+	Monica Pope
Shortall	Kilrory, Ballythomas & E. Laois	Patrick Shortall
Sides	Mountmellick	Ann Reade
Sides, Sydes	Ballyfin pre 1847	Linda Sherlock
Sinnott	1858 Mountrath	Pat Favia
Sixsmith	Clonaslee, Rosenallis, Mountmellick	Bonny Robillard
Sixsmith	1800-1840's or	Carol Colvin
Skehan	Rathdowney/1850+	Renee Bien
Skipper	1810-1839	Janine Hinton
Smallhorn	ca 1750 - 1950/Portarlington	Bob Colby
Smith	Mountmellick, 1800 to present	Frank Warner
Smith	Mountmellick 1854-1906	P Middleton-Smith
Smith	Clonaslee 1868	Dave Coxen
Sothern	Rathsarran 1700+	M LaRooij
Spratt	Abbeyleix ca 1831	David Sutcliffe
Stapleton	Stradbally, Moyanna	John G Stapleton
Starkey	Abbeyleix 1691	Dan Starkey
Starkey	Abbeyleix mid 1600's	Ted Starkey
Steele	Kyle Park, Kyle House 1850	Lorraine Woods
Stenson	Mountrath/1843+	June Phelan
Stoker	Maryboro, Ballyroan, Rushall, 1734-1890	Douglas
Stone	Abbeyleix, pre 1847	Maureen Evon
Stone	Abbeyleix	Bill Leacock
Strong	Mt. Mellick, ca. 1840	Catherine Sankey
Suffield	Heath 1700-1900	David M. Hope
Sutcliffe	Ca 1831 Abbeyleix	David Sutcliffe
Sutherland	Mountmellick	Maureen A. Doyle
Swain	Ballinakill 1860	Cynthia Simmons
Sweeny	Clonincurragh ca 1850s	Anne Kirkman
Talbot	Ballaghmore 1850	Jeane Zavacki
Taylor	Killinure, 1850 to present	Linda Wilson
Templing	Maryborough 1874-1900	Mary Reilly
Thompson	Mountmellick, 1855	Bruce Mitchell
Thompson	Maryborough/early 1800's-1821	Betty Thompson
Thompson	Mountmellick, 1793 pre & aft	Judy Hassall
Tierney	Boley 1795-1848	Pamela W Tierney
Timmins	bef 1829	Ian
Tobban	1823 Co Laois	Arlene Fraser
Tomlinson	Mountmellick	Jeanette Bowers
Tomlinson	Killaban late 1600-1830's	Alan Tomlinson
Townsend	Mountmellick 1820s+	Kate Nancarrow
Treacy	The Heath	Tom Treacy
Tuck	late 1880s, early 1900s	Helen Allington
Tully	Ballefin & Tinnihinch/late 1700's+	James Holmes
Turpin	1826-1930 Abbeyleix, Stradbally	Kath Kennedy
Tynan	Iowran, Offerlane, 1850 onwards	John Tynan
Tynan	Mountrath 1850s to date	Paul Gallagher
Tynan	Courtwood, Vicarstown, Jamestown, pre 1760	James Behan
Tyner	not given	Bryan Tyner
Vanston	Rathdowney	Juline Long
Vanston	Maryborough, Mountrath, 1830?-1913	Richard Vanston
Vass	Stradbally late 1700's	Lorraine Vass
Veacock	Durrow 1800-1850	Kate
Vesey, Veasey, Veysey	1805	Jackie Dowen
Vicars	Rathdowney, Harristown 1786	Frank Brierton
Vousden	not given	Elaine
Vrees	Rathdowney, late 1800s	Beth Vrees
Wade	Mayo, Ballylynan, Crettyard	John Wade
Walker	Rathronshin-Emo/1830's-1860's	Marge Phillips
Wall	Abbeyleix	Virginia Wall
Wallace	Clandeboye Estates, Co Down 1910-1955	Bill Wallace
Wallace	not given	Frances Jones
Wallace	Mountrath, Mountmellick 1762	Judy Hassall
Walpole	1827	Margaret Monkman
Walsh	Graiguegarron, Johnston Parish til 1863	Barry Considine
Walsh	Durrow	Elizabeth Buckley
Walsh	Arles 1700-1800s	Vickie Edgerton
Walsh	Billinakill	Mary Wheeler
Walsh	Lowhill, Billinakill	Liz Buckley
Walsh	Durrow, pre 1900	Liz Buckley
Walsh	Mountrath or Abbeyleix 1700-1800s	Padda Spaans
Walsh	Graigueavoice 1800-1900s	LD Donovan
Watchorn	1880 Luggacurren	Valerie Lange
Waters	Ballinakill, 1860+	Ann
Watters	Ballinakil, 1860+	Ann
Watters	Old Derrig 1880s on	Megan Watters
Webb	Clonaslee 1820s to late 1850s	Joe Ryan
Webster	any	Helen Parente
Westman	Kilmanman, Rosenallis, pre-1840	John Beaton
Westman	Mountmellick, Rosenallis	Isaac Langford
Westman	Mountmellick, 1735 pre & aft	Judy Hassall
Westman	1843	Margaret W Williams
Whalin	before 1830	Marilyn Whalin
Whaling	Dulin 1848	Emmett Whaling
Whelan	1820-35	Barbara Martinez
Whelan	Rathdowney pre 1845	Robyn Whelan
Whelan	Rathdowney 1900s	Sue Coles
Whelan	Portarlington 1800-1950	Anthony Cutchey
Whelan	Mountmellick, 1800-1850	Colleen Rowe
Whelan	not given	Therese Rardin
Whelan	Ardateggle mid-late 1800's	Corine
Whalen	Pre 1825	Loretta W Stamps
White	no info given	Ellie
White	Mountrath 1843	Richard Ollerton
White	Mountrath 1888	Connie Coughlin
White	Pre-1830	Kevin White
Whitehead	unknown, left 1862	Jan Rader
Whittaker	Abbeyleix, pre 1847	Maureen Evon
Whittaker	bef 1st potato famine	Anne Marie
Whittaker	Abbeyleix pre 1940	Victoria
Wilde	Abbeyleix <1825	Alan Wilde
Wilde	Abbeyleix/1750's-1850's	Tom Wilde
Wildermoth	not given	Colleen Wildermoth
Wildermoth	Ardlea, Ballyroan, Abbeyleix 1860-1877	Stuart M Gahan
Wilkinson	Co. Laois, 1700-1800s	Bronwyn Couden
Williams	Attanagh, 1901	Sarah
Williams	Mountrath, Laois	Susan Williams
Williams	Mountrath 1830's-1890's	Robert G. Stewart
Wills	Garryglass, Timahoe	Norman Wills
Wilson	Moyanna Parish, Stradbally 1790-1845	Steve Dennehy
Wilson	before 1834	Steve Dennehy
Wiseley	Rosenallis, Mountmellick	Nuala Quinn
Wood(s)	not given	Patrick Woods
Worrell	1823 - 1860	Jane
Wrafter	Maryborough, 1880-1890s	Debbie
Wrest	unknown	Beryl Hawkins
Wrest	Derrylusk, Mountrath 1891	Grace
Wright	1600-1700	Samuel A. Wright
Wyer	not given, 1775	Carmen C Zuroff
Wynne	Mountmellick ca 1813-1840	Shirley Harper
Young	Laois/Leix	Linda Temple
Young	Rosenallis	Jim Evoy

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