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Distribution of Surname MCNEILL

This report provides an indication as to the parishes and counties in the province of Ulster (includes counties Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry/Derry, Monaghan and Tyrone) where the above surname is most concentrated. This may help in providing a focus for a search in a case where only the county of origin of an ancestor is known. The results are likely to be of most value for surnames that are not very common or dispersed across Ulster.

The database is based on the 'Index to Surnames' or 'Householders Index' that was compiled by the staff of the National Library of Ireland in the 1960's. Although this Index covers surnames only and gives no precise references to the documents for the parish where the surnames appear, it does record the occurrence of properties occupied by individuals of a particular surname in each of the civil parishes of a county. It covers the surnames of farmers (usually leaseholders) in the tithe applotment books compiled 1823-1838 and also all names of property occupiers in the printed version of the tenement valuation, known as 'Griffith Valuation', covering all properties in Ulster 1857-1864. Whilst it records the exact number of householders in the case of the Griffith Valuation, it provides only an indication of the presence or absence of a surname in the tithe applotment books.

(To-date the database includes the nine counties of the historic province of Ulster but plans are being made to capture the data for the other three provinces)

Breakdown by Counties

County Total
Antrim 228
Londonderry 66
Down 64
Tyrone 54
Armagh 37
Donegal 8
Cavan 3
Monaghan 2
Fermanagh 1
   
Total Householders of surname McNeill recorded in Griffith Valuation :

463

Total Number of Householders of the Surname McNeill in County Antrim

Griffiths Valuation Tithe Survey
Householders Recorded in Parish Civil Parish (Barony*) Poor Law Union Year of Valuation Present in Parish Year of Survey
1 AHOGHILL (LOWER TOOME) BALLYMENA 1862 Yes 1825
16 ARDCLINIS LARNE 1861 Yes 1828
3 ARMOY (CAREY) BALLYCASTLE 1861 Yes 1833
1 ARMOY (UPPER DUNLUCE) BALLYMONEY 1861 Yes 1833
4 BALLINTOY BALLYCASTLE 1861 Yes 1824
7
 BALLYCLUG BALLYMENA
1862
No
1825
9
 BALLYMONEY (UPPER DUNLUCE) BALLYMONEY
1861
Yes
1825
0
 BALLYRASHANE BALLYMONEY & COLERAINE
1861
Yes
1832
1
 BALLYSCULLION BALLYMENA
1862
No
1828
6
 BALLYWILLIN COLERAINE
1861
Yes
1831
1
 BALLYWILLIN COLERAINE
1861
Yes
1831
1
 BILLY (LOWER DUNLUCE) BALLYMONEY & COLERAINE
1861
No
1826
2
 BLARIS LISBURN
1862
No
1834
5
 CARNCASTLE LARNE
1861
Yes
1834
1
 CARNMONEY BELFAST
1861
No
1826
4
 CRAIGS (LOWER TOOME) BALLYMENA
1862
No
1825
32
 CULFEIGHTRIN BALLYCASTLE
1861
Yes
1831
3
 DERRYKEIGHAN BALLYMONEY
1861
Yes
1827
5
 DRUMMAUL ANTRIM AND BALLYMENA
1862
No
1834
1
 DUNAGHY BALLYMENA
1862
Yes
1825
3
 DUNEANE ANTRIM & BALLYMENA
1862
Yes
1833
0
 DUNLUCE BALLYMONEY & COLERAINE
1861
Yes
1828
1
 FINVOY BALLYMONEY
1861
Yes
1834
1
 GRANGE OF DOAGH ANTRIM
1862
No
1834
2
 GRANGE OF DRUMTULLAGH BALLYCASTLE
1861
No
0
3
 GRANGE OF KILLYGLEN LARNE
1861
Yes
1834
1
 INVER LARNE
1861
No
1833
1
 ISLAND MAGEE LARNE
1861
Yes
1834
8
 KIRKINRIOLA BALLYMENA
1862
Yes
1833
8
 LARNE LARNE
1861
Yes
1834
9
 LAYD (GRANGE OF LAYD) BALLYCASTLE
1861
No
0
15
 LAYD (LOWER GLENARM) BALLYCASTLE & LARNE
1861
Yes
1828
2
 LOUGHGUILE (KILCONWAY) BALLYMONEY
1861
Yes
1832
4
 LOUGHGUILE (UPPER DUNLUCE) BALLYMONEY
1861
Yes
1832
4
 PORTGLENONE BALLYMENA
1862
Yes
1835
7
 RACAVAN BALLYMENA
1862
No
0
12
 RAMOAN BALLYCASTLE
1861
Yes
1833
10
 RASHARKIN BALLYMENA & BALLYMONEY
1861
Yes
1834
1
 SHANKILL (UPPER BELFAST) BELFAST & LISBURN
1861
No
1834
5
 SKERRY BALLYMENA
1862
Yes
1833
0
 TEMPLECORRAN LARNE
1861
Yes
1833
1
 TEMPLEPATRICK (LOWER BELFAST) ANTRIM & BELFAST
1862
No
1833
27
 TICKMACREVAN LARNE
1861
Yes
1832
0
 TULLYRUSK LISBURN
1862
Yes
1827
           
228
    Total Householders Recorded