There are according toMcLysaght two centers of the name Liddy in Ireland, one centered in Clare/Limerick and the other in Belfast. I have managed to track back Liddy’s in Belfast to the early 1800’s. The Cavan census fragment from 1831 also has a few families. The Belfast bunch had a lot of Paviors/pavers which seems to be a trade that went through a few generations. John Liddy who lived in Queen st north was my grandfather, his son John was my Grandfather and my father migrated to Dublin during the 1940’s and my family was raised here. The trade directories for Belfast list a number of Liddy families who shared the profession of paviors, including The Charles mentioned by the original poster . I have often wondered about G Gordon Liddy but think perhaps he belongs to the Clare/Limerick families. I noted in some passenger lists a lot of travel to America in the 1920’s an thirties by Liddy who were listed as Pavers. So there may have been some money in it. This is just from memory, I would have to check for dates etc.
