Piaras

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

PIARAS—VIII—Pierce, Pierse, Pearse, &c.; 'son of Piers' (an Anglo-Norman form of Petrus, Latin for Peter, very common among the early Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland). There are, no doubt, several distinct families so called in different parts of the country. The Pierses of Kerry are stated to be a branch of the Fitzmaurices of Lixnaw.

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