Civil Registration Records – Ireland

Some statistics and statistical conclusions taken from “Varities & Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland” By Robert Matheson, Secretary of the General Register Office, 1894

Births by Principal Counties

• Fermanagh 11
• Leitrim 13
• Londonderry 23
• Sligo 26
• Tyrone 34
• Mayo 92
• Donegal 196

Births by Provinces

• Munster 21
• Leinster 28
• Connacht 144
• Ulster 295
• Total 488

Birth Totals

• Total of Gallaghers 471
• Total of Variants of Gallagher 17

   Surnames of Ireland, Robert Matheson, 1890 Birth Records

In 1890 the average birth rate for Ireland was 1: 44.8
Therefore based on the figures above, statistically the population of Gallaghers in Ireland in 1890 can be estimated at 21,862.