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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Monaghan => Topic started by: LuckyMonaghanGirl on Sunday 03 July 05 10:14 BST (UK)
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:-\ This is my first post but lets start by this lol.
I'm looking for anything on the monaghan name. I'm doing a family tree I I want to date as far back as I can. I don't really know how to go about this. So any help would be awesome thanks so much.
-susie
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:-\ This is my first post but lets start by this lol.
I'm looking for anything on the monaghan name. I'm doing a family tree I I want to date as far back as I can. I don't really know how to go about this. So any help would be awesome thanks so much.
-susie
I am not sure what you are after hear there is loads of this name in Ireland can you give some dates and places
audrey
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According to the Monaghan county historian and author of "The Monaghan Story", Peadar Livingstone, The surname MONAGHAN is probably a local family name.
The Hearth Money Rolls, maybe in the 1600s, show 9 Monaghans in Monaghan town.
The root of the name seems to be "manach", a monk.
In 1976 voter rolls there were 29 Monaghans in the central part of the county, 37 in the west, 24 in the central, and 16 in the south.
Pat T. http://www.angelfire.com/my/tray