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Offline mantanmark

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Byrne
« on: Wednesday 13 April 05 21:43 BST (UK) »
Don't know if this helps anyone but i have found a

James Byrne born c.1858 from Ireland working as a servant with my Jones family in Wales on the 1871 census.

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Re: Byrne
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 06 June 07 11:56 BST (UK) »
The Byrne surname appeared in most Irish counties at the time of Griffith's Valuation of Ireland (1848-64). Irish Ancestors Surname Search shows there were 6434 families with this name at the time of the Valuation. Large numbers of Byrnes appeared in the following counties ...

Carlow  572 
Kildare  392
Louth  335 
Wexford  534 
Wicklow  1203