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This surname can best be described as English, but of Irish origins! It was an ethnic name in England and Scotland for an immigrant from Ireland, the root of the name being from the Old English word Iras meaning Irishman.
England. The first surnamed Ireland was possibly Sir John de Ireland, said to have lived at the time of William the Conqueror. He held land in Lancashire. The last of his line, Sir Gilbert Ireland, was MP for Liverpool. He died in 1675 without any male heirs. Many later Irelands, probably of Irish origin, were to be found in Liverpool. The Ireland name was also in Yorkshire. It was widely recorded in the Yorkshire poll tax returns of 1379. William Ireland, the Jesuit priest executed in 1679, was born in Crofton Hall in Yorkshire.
An Ireland outpost was also in the southwest. Devon was one locale. John Ireland, the Dean of Westminster in the early 19th century, was born in Ashburton in that county. There were Irelands as well in the 18th century in Gloucestershire and SW Herefordshire.
America. There were Irelands from England in America and Irelands from Scotland, but also Irelands from Ireland. Examples of Irish Irelands were:
Canada. Joseph and Mary Ireland moved to Burlington, Ontario from the village of Bowes in north Yorkshire in 1819. The Oakridge Farm house that he built there in 1835 stayed with his descendants until 1987 when it was purchased by the city of Burlington and turned into a museum.
William Ireland was an English Jesuit priest caught up in the Popish plot who was executed in 1679. He was subsequently beatified by the Catholic church.
John Ireland was Dean of Westminster from 1816 to 1842.
John Ireland was a 20th century English composer. He came from a family of Scottish descent.
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This surname can best be described as English, but of Irish origins! It was an ethnic name in England and Scotland for an immigrant from Ireland, the root of the name being from the Old English word Iras meaning Irishman.
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- Ireland House. Ireland museum in Burlington, Ontario.
England. The first surnamed Ireland was possibly Sir John de Ireland, said to have lived at the time of William the Conqueror. He held land in Lancashire. The last of his line, Sir Gilbert Ireland, was MP for Liverpool. He died in 1675 without any male heirs. Many later Irelands, probably of Irish origin, were to be found in Liverpool. The Ireland name was also in Yorkshire. It was widely recorded in the Yorkshire poll tax returns of 1379. William Ireland, the Jesuit priest executed in 1679, was born in Crofton Hall in Yorkshire.
An Ireland outpost was also in the southwest. Devon was one locale. John Ireland, the Dean of Westminster in the early 19th century, was born in Ashburton in that county. There were Irelands as well in the 18th century in Gloucestershire and SW Herefordshire.
Scotland. The earlier Irelands in Scotland seem to have come from the east coast, from Fife and further up the coast in Angus. Thomas and Agnes Ireland were recorded in Fife in 1677. Their son was a tenant at Tarvit Mill. Another Fife line began with the marriage of James and Elspeth Ireland at St. Andrews in 1655. Later Irelands - of probable Irish origin - were in and around Glasgow.
America. There were Irelands from England in America and Irelands from Scotland, but also Irelands from Ireland. Examples of Irish Irelands were:
- John Ireland, the son of Irish immigrants, who became Governor of Texas in 1883
- and John Ireland from Kilkenny who was appointed Archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota in 1888.
- Samuel Ireland, who arrived with his family on the Increase in 1635 and settled in
Wethersfield, Connecticut (he died there ten years later).
- and Thomas Ireland, who came to Hempstead, Long Island in 1644
and was a landlord of an inn there (Joseph Norton Ireland
described this line in his 1880 book Some
Account of the Ireland Family: 1644-1880).
Canada. Joseph and Mary Ireland moved to Burlington, Ontario from the village of Bowes in north Yorkshire in 1819. The Oakridge Farm house that he built there in 1835 stayed with his descendants until 1987 when it was purchased by the city of Burlington and turned into a museum.
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William Ireland was an English Jesuit priest caught up in the Popish plot who was executed in 1679. He was subsequently beatified by the Catholic church.
John Ireland was Dean of Westminster from 1816 to 1842.
John Ireland was a 20th century English composer. He came from a family of Scottish descent.
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