The following is a list of surnames beginning with A which are to be found in either or both the Griffiths Valuation or the Tithe Applotment books for Laois. I have put those names which can be variants of one another in a line........... Abben Abbot /Abbott Ablin Abraham Acres /Akers Adair /Adare Adam /Adams Adderly Agar Ahearne /Ahern Aiken Alcock Alderson/ Anderson Alexander Allen Alley /Ally Alloway Anketell Archdall Archer Ard Arkinson /Askinson/ Atkinson Armstrong Arnett /Arnott Arthur /Arthurs Asdale Ash Ashbrook Ashley Astley Aston/ Austin Atkin /Atkins Aylward Ayres