Murtagh Family History
Murtagh Name Meaning
(Meath and Monaghan) Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Muircheartaigh ‘descendant of Muircheartach’, a personal
name from muir ‘sea’ + ceardach ‘skilled’, i.e. ‘skilled
navigator’. A Kerry surname of the same form is Anglicized as
Moriarty.(County Roscommon) Anglicized form of Mac
Muircheartaigh (originally Anglicized as MacMoriarty) (see
McMurtry).(Ulster): sometimes of Scottish origin, an
alternative to Murdock.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Murtagh
Name Distribution of Murtagh Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Murtagh families
 59 - 116  20 - 58 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Murtagh families
|
18 - 33 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Murtagh census records
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Murtagh Family Origin
Murtagh Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Murtagh Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Murtagh census records
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Military Service by Murtagh
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