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Click and drag the map
above. Use the buttons to zoom in and out.
The old kingdoms are indicated by blue lettering. The baronies (also
showing older territories) are in white.
Surnames, in their commonly used forms, are shown in black. Each
name has a long association with the locality shown, during either the
medieval period or in more recent times. In some cases different septs
using the same surname arose in widely different areas. In other cases
migration due to war dispersed them.
In Gaelic times County
Waterford was known as The Decies and was ruled by the O'Phelans and the
O'Brics. It was granted to the le Poers, later Powers, who held it from the 12th
century.
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