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McGoughs, McGeoughs, and McGeoghs in County Monaghan in the 1820–30s and 1850–60s: By Barony, Parish, and Townland by Hugh McGough

This table takes the names in county Monaghan from my larger all Ireland table, McGoughs, McGeoughs, and McGeoghs in Ireland in the 1820–30s and 1850–60s: By County, Parish, and Townland. The names are sorted first by barony, then by civil parish and then by townland.

Baronies are no longer used as governmental administrative units in Ireland, but a reference to the map of the baronies and parishes of county Monaghan published by Ann Harney, nee Nancy McGeough, in her McGeough website, will make the geographic distribution of names shown by this table more meaningful. Of the 289 names that appear in this table, 155 are in the Barony of Cremorne and 88 are in the Barony of Farney. Cremorne and Farney are the two southernmost baronies of county Monaghan. All the McG[e]o[u]gh names of the parish of Killanny are included in the numbers for the barony of Farney, even though the parish of Killanny is split by the boundary between county Monaghan and county Louth and the eastern part of the parish lies in Louth.

The number of entries is much smaller for the three baronies of county Monaghan that are to the north: Dartree, 10; Monaghan, 16; and Trough 20.