Browne — Eihnograjjhy ofBallycroy^ Co. Mayo. 



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5. Folk-names. — The following list of the surnames of the district 

 was ohtained. It contains all the surnames now in Ballycroy, with 

 the exception of a few families recently settled in the region : — 





Number 





Number 



Surname. 



of 



Surname. 



of 





Families. 





Families. 



Bradley, 



2 



Kane, or Keane, . . 



16 



Bradsliaw, . 







3 



Kilroy, 



2 



Cafferky, 







25 



Little,! 



1 



Cadden, 







1 



Lenahan, 



20 



CalYey, 







8 



Loftus, 



1 



Campbell, . 







7 



M'Ginty, or Ginty, 



14 



Carey, 







1 



M'Gowan, .. 



5 



Cleary, 







1 



M'Guire, .. 



4 



Cooney, 







2 



M'Greal, . . 



1 



Conway, 







31 



M'Hugli, .. 



2 



Cormack, . 







3 



M'Manamon, 



16 



Corrigan, . 







15 



M'Neely, .. 



6 



Deane, 







2 



M'Tighe, . . 



3 



Dooher, 







4 



Malley, 



2 



Doran, 







6 



Masterson, . . 



1 



Dyra,i 







1 



Molloy, 



3 



FaUon, 







1 



Monaghan, . . 



1 



Finn, 







2 



Moran, 



3 



Gallagher, . 







5 



Murray, 



9 



Gaughan, . 







2 



O'DoniieU, .. 



8 



Grealis,2 . 







1 



O'Hora, . . 



1 



Gruddy, 







1 



O'Boyle, . . 



5 



Henry, 







2 



Sweeny, 



25 







Togher, 



4 



Some of the less numerous of these surnames are comparatively 

 recent importations from the surrounding districts. Some names once 

 common in the district have now died out. One of these was Lynott, 

 one of the old Anglo-ITorman names. 



The families whose ancestors came "from the J^orth" take great 

 pride out of it, and rather look down upon those who are the descen- 

 dants of the aboriginal inhabitants. 



lY. — Sociology. 



1. Occupations. — Though the district is maritime, the population 

 is almost a purely pastoral one, sea-fishing not being practised as a 

 mode of livelihood by any considerable portion of the people. The 

 majority of the farms are of very small size, averaging about 4 to 4^ 

 acres for the poorer class, 15 acres for the better off, under tillage, 



! Not native. 

 E.I A. PEOC, SEE. m., VOL. IV. 



- From Inisbiggle. 



