Look at the electoral roles on dublinheritage, there's a couple of pages with the surname Daniel + also Daniels. (1939). For present day stats, google Eircom residential listings. Maggie On 22 Jul 2012, at 04:45, <kopfler@i-55.com> wrote: My great great grandfather, Laurence DANIEL, came to United States from Ireland (County Kilkenny we think) in about 1848. DANIEL does not strike me as an Irish surname, but family lore has it that his son, Philip, added Mac to the name when he left home at 19 because MACDANIEL sounds more Scottish. I suppose this was an attempt to make it easier for him to find work. DANIEL does not seem to be a common name in Ireland. Does anyone have any idea of how many people in Ireland have that surname? Fred Kopfler ****************************** Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message